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LaBelle city, Florida: commercial real estate data.
LaBelle city is a Census city of 5,184 people across 14.49 square miles of land, in Hendry County. Median household income is $53,309, 74.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 11 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.4 m.
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LaBelle
What LaBelle is
- Census place typecity
- Land area14.49 sq mi
- Water area0.1 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land358
- County holding the largest share of its areaHendry County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
LaBelle
How many people live in LaBelle
- Population5,184
- Median age38.7
- Population under 181,061 plus or minus 299
- Share under 1820.5 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Population 65 and over704 plus or minus 192
- Share 65 and over13.6 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Households1,727
- Family households1,306
- Share of households that are families75.6 percent plus or minus 18.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
LaBelle
Income and work in LaBelle
- Median household income$53,309
- Per capita income$32,995 plus or minus $7,475
- Civilian labor force2,826
- Employed2,703
- Unemployed123 plus or minus 111
- Unemployment rate4.4 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Adults 25 and over3,721
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher62.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.8 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.6 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
LaBelle
Housing in LaBelle
- Housing units2,120
- Occupied units1,727
- Vacant units393 plus or minus 169
- Vacancy rate18.5 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Owner occupied1,286
- Renter occupied441 plus or minus 239
- Ownership rate74.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$204,400 plus or minus $65,250
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,650
- Annual rent as a share of median income37.1 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Single family units1,437
- Share single family67.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more163 plus or minus 126
- Share in buildings of two or more7.7 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Mobile homes520 plus or minus 222
- Median year structure built1987
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
LaBelle
How LaBelle gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,372
- Commuting under 15 minutes708 plus or minus 290
- Share commuting under 15 minutes29.8 percent plus or minus 11.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,254 plus or minus 456
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more52.9 percent plus or minus 17.3
- Drove alone55.0 percent plus or minus 14.4
- Carpooled32.9 percent plus or minus 16.7
- Public transport1.1 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Walked1.0 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Worked from home10.0 percent plus or minus 6.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
LaBelle
SBA loans in LaBelle (7(a))
- Approvals11
- Gross approval$3,436,600
- Average approval$312,418
- Median approval$318,300
- Ninetieth percentile approval$543,300
- Largest approval$653,000
- Jobs supported47
- Jobs per approval4.3
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more9.1 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS9
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
LaBelle
SBA loans in LaBelle (504)
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$13,768,000
- Average approval$1,721,000
- Median approval$1,781,000
- Largest approval$3,802,000
- Jobs supported169
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
LaBelle
Flood risk in LaBelle
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number120109
- Currently effective map date07/06/15
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Hendry County, not LaBelle
Hendry County context, not LaBelle figures
These are Hendry County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as LaBelle measurements.
- Establishments in Hendry County772
- Employment at those establishments, Hendry County8,052
- Covered employment, Hendry County12,377
- Average annual pay, Hendry County$55,090
- Average weekly wage, Hendry County$1,059
- Housing units permitted, Hendry County557
- Of those, single family, Hendry County508
- County product, 2024, Hendry County$1,891,289,000
- County product change over the prior year, Hendry County4.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Hendry County$51,223
Every figure in this section is published for Hendry County as a whole and is not a measurement of LaBelle. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
LaBelle questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in LaBelle, Florida?
5,184, in 1,727 households. LaBelle city covers 14.49 square miles of land, which is 358 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is LaBelle in?
Hendry County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in LaBelle?
$53,309. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $204,400. Median gross rent is $1,650 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to LaBelle businesses?
11 7(a) approvals totalling $3.4 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $318,300, plus 8 504 approvals worth $13.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in LaBelle, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to LaBelle borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for LaBelle. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is LaBelle in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. LaBelle appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 120109, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page LaBelle figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Hendry County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of LaBelle.
Is zoning published for LaBelle?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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