Belle Mead is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 19,536 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Belle Mead is the 98th largest community in New Jersey.

Belle Mead is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 92.36% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Belle Mead is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Belle Mead who work in management occupations (19.34%), office and administrative support jobs (11.23%), and sales jobs (10.91%).

Also of interest is that Belle Mead has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Belle Mead is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Belle Mead is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Belle Mead a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Belle Mead has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Belle Mead's overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

One downside of living in Belle Mead is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Belle Mead, the average commute to work is 34.91 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Belle Mead is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Belle Mead Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Belle Mead, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Belle Mead is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 61.18% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Belle Mead in 2000 was $41,723, which is wealthy relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $166,892 for a family of four. However, Belle Mead contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Belle Mead is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Belle Mead home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Belle Mead is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Belle Mead include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Belle Mead is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Spanish.