Belle Glade is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 16,777 people and six associated neighborhoods, Belle Glade is the 161st largest community in Florida.Belle Glade is a blue-collar town, with 35.31% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Belle Glade is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Belle Glade who work in farm management occupations (10.34%), food service (8.41%), and sales jobs (8.38%). For a small city, Belle Glade 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 Belle Glade exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.The percentage of adults in Belle Glade with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.37% of adults in Belle Glade have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Belle Glade in 2022 was $20,588, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $82,352 for a family of four. However, Belle Glade contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Belle Glade also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.53% of its population below the federal poverty line.Belle Glade is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Belle Glade home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Belle Glade residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Belle Glade also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.08% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Belle Glade include Haitian, Jamaican, African, German, and Other Arab. In addition, Belle Glade has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (28.42%). The most common language spoken in Belle Glade is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
