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, Belle Fourche has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Belle Fourche a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
The citizens of Belle Fourche are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.31% of adults in Belle Fourche have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Belle Fourche in 2018 was $34,987, which is upper middle income relative to South Dakota, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $139,948 for a family of four. However, Belle Fourche contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Belle Fourche is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Belle Fourche home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Belle Fourche residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Belle Fourche include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, and European.
The most common language spoken in Belle Fourche is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
