About Belleair

Belleair is a very small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 4,067 people and just one neighborhood, Belleair is the 354th largest community in Florida.

Belleair is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 91.79% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Belleair is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Belleair who work in sales jobs (19.85%), management occupations (18.51%), and healthcare (15.08%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.65% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

A very large number of seniors call Belleair home: people 65 and over are 32.63% of the population. Because of the prominence of the retirement community, this is good place for the over-65 crowd to settle, as many of the town's services and social community are geared to this demographic.

In addition, Belleair is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

One of the nice things about Belleair is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the town are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Belleair is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Belleair, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 98.13% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Being a small town, Belleair does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Belleair Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Belleair is a pretty powerful place. 47.65% of the adults in Belleair have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Belleair in 2000 was $59,164, which is wealthy relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $236,656 for a family of four.

The people who call Belleair home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Belleair is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Belleair include English, German, Irish, Italian, Polish, and British.

The most common language spoken in Belleair is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.