Bellaire is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 15,581 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Bellaire is the 151st largest community in Texas.

Bellaire is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 94.70% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Bellaire is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bellaire who work in management occupations (15.87%), healthcare (12.39%), and sales jobs (12.06%).

Of important note, Bellaire is also a city of artists. Bellaire has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Bellaire's character.

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

Bellaire, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Bellaire is also home to many people who can 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.

Residents of Bellaire by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 98.5% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented city. While Bellaire may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

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

Bellaire Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Bellaire, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Bellaire is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 66.60% 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 Bellaire in 2000 was $46,674, which is wealthy relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $186,696 for a family of four. However, Bellaire contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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