LaBelle is a somewhat small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 5,222 people and five associated neighborhoods, LaBelle is the 285th largest community in Florida.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, LaBelle is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 47.15% of the LaBelle workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, LaBelle is a city of construction workers and builders, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in LaBelle who work in management occupations (10.25%), office and administrative support (10.17%), and farm management occupations (8.68%). Also of interest is that LaBelle has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.35% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. 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 is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In LaBelle, the average commute to work is 31.97 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The citizens of LaBelle are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.24% of adults in LaBelle have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in LaBelle in 2022 was $27,597, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $110,388 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 61.70% 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, German, Irish, Italian, and Polish. Foreign born people are also an important part of LaBelle's cultural character, accounting for 22.35% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in LaBelle is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
