The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, LaBelle has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes LaBelle a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in LaBelle, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.73 minutes every day commuting to work.
The percentage of people in LaBelle with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.74% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in LaBelle in 2018 was $25,776, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $103,104 for a family of four. However, LaBelle contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
LaBelle is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call LaBelle home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in LaBelle, accounting for 58.98% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of LaBelle residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in LaBelle include English, Irish, German, Italian, and French.
Foreign born people are also an important part of LaBelle's cultural character, accounting for 19.40% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in LaBelle is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
