The percentage of people in Belvidere with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.44% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Belvidere in 2022 was $29,682, which is lower middle income relative to Illinois, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,728 for a family of four. However, Belvidere contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Belvidere is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Belvidere home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Belvidere residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Belvidere also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 36.99% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Belvidere include German, Irish, Italian, Polish, and English.
Belvidere also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.13%.
The most common language spoken in Belvidere is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Indo-European.
