For a small city, Bellefontaine Neighbors has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Bellefontaine Neighbors exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
The percentage of adults in Bellefontaine Neighbors who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.62% of the adults in Bellefontaine Neighbors have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bellefontaine Neighbors in 2022 was $25,386, which is lower middle income relative to Missouri, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $101,544 for a family of four. However, Bellefontaine Neighbors contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bellefontaine Neighbors is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bellefontaine Neighbors home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bellefontaine Neighbors residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Bellefontaine Neighbors include German, Irish, African, Polish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Bellefontaine Neighbors is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
