Belleville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 42,165 people and 14 constituent neighborhoods, Belleville is the 35th largest community in Illinois.

Unlike some cities, Belleville isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Belleville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Belleville is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Belleville who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.36%), sales jobs (11.30%), and food service (7.51%).

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

Even though Belleville is not a small city, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.

Belleville Information and Demographics

The citizens of Belleville are slightly better educated than the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns, with 17.61% of adults in Belleville having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Belleville in 2000 was $18,990, which is middle income relative to Illinois, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $75,960 for a family of four.

Belleville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Belleville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Belleville is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Belleville include German, Irish, English, French, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Belleville is English.