About Belleville

Belleville is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,410 people and just one neighborhood, Belleville is the 789th largest community in Pennsylvania.

When you are in Belleville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 47.0% of Belleville's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Belleville is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Belleville who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.82%), sales jobs (10.27%), and management occupations (4.38%).

One of the benefits of Belleville is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.95 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Belleville 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 Belleville, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 96.85% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

As is often the case in a small town, Belleville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Belleville Information and Demographics

The population of Belleville has a very low overall level of education: only 9.83% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Belleville in 2000 was $15,202, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $60,808 for a family of four.

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, Dutch, Scotch-Irish, Swiss, and Russian.

The most common language spoken in Belleville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Other West Germanic languages and Russian.