LaBelle is a somewhat small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 5,472 people and five associated neighborhoods, LaBelle is the 285th largest community in Florida.When you are in LaBelle, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 47.15% of LaBelle’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, LaBelle is a city of construction workers and builders, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in LaBelle who work in management occupations (10.25%), office and administrative support (10.17%), and farm management occupations (8.68%). Also of interest is that LaBelle has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in LaBelle telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.35% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, LaBelle has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes LaBelle a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. In LaBelle, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.97 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The percentage of adults in LaBelle with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.24% of adults in LaBelle have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in LaBelle in 2022 was $27,597, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $110,388 for a family of four. However, LaBelle contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. LaBelle is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call LaBelle home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in LaBelle, accounting for 61.70% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of LaBelle residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in LaBelle include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Polish. In addition, LaBelle has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (22.35%). The most common language spoken in LaBelle is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
