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Belleville, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Belleville is a Census city of 41,370 people across 23.24 square miles of land, in St. Clair County. Median household income is $63,535, 60.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 58 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $21.8 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Belleville
What Belleville is
- Census place typecity
- Land area23.24 sq mi
- Water area0.26 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,780
- County holding the largest share of its areaSt. Clair 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.
Belleville
How many people live in Belleville
- Population41,370
- Median age39.1
- Population under 189,329
- Share under 1822.6 percent
- Population 65 and over6,768
- Share 65 and over16.4 percent
- Households17,646
- Family households9,556
- Share of households that are families54.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Belleville
Income and work in Belleville
- Median household income$63,535
- Per capita income$34,085
- Civilian labor force20,709
- Employed19,455
- Unemployed1,254 plus or minus 320
- Unemployment rate6.1 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Adults 25 and over29,030
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher28.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Belleville
Housing in Belleville
- Housing units20,212
- Occupied units17,646
- Vacant units2,566
- Vacancy rate12.7 percent
- Owner occupied10,605
- Renter occupied7,041
- Ownership rate60.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$141,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,019
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.2 percent
- Single family units14,394
- Share single family71.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more5,380
- Share in buildings of two or more26.6 percent
- Mobile homes438 plus or minus 172
- Median year structure built1962
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Belleville
How Belleville gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute17,086
- Commuting under 15 minutes4,918
- Share commuting under 15 minutes28.8 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more5,466
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more32.0 percent
- Drove alone74.3 percent
- Carpooled8.5 percent
- Public transport3.0 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Walked1.1 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home12.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Belleville
SBA loans in Belleville (7(a))
- Approvals58
- Gross approval$21,825,800
- Average approval$376,307
- Median approval$197,600
- Ninetieth percentile approval$699,240
- Largest approval$2,560,000
- Jobs supported631
- Jobs per approval10.9
- Loans with a final outcome14
- Paid in full13
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more17.2 percent
- Share to franchises20.7 percent
- Distinct lenders24
- Distinct industries by NAICS42
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Belleville, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 14 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Belleville
SBA loans in Belleville (504)
- Approvals19
- Gross approval$17,530,000
- Average approval$922,632
- Median approval$590,000
- Largest approval$2,266,000
- Jobs supported350
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Belleville, in any county, FY2010 to FY2026. Only 7 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Belleville
Flood risk in Belleville
- NFIP communityCity of Belleville
- NFIP community number170618
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date11/05/03
The City of Belleville participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 170618 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
St. Clair County, not Belleville
St. Clair County context, not Belleville figures
- Establishments in St. Clair County4,973
- Covered employment, St. Clair County89,981
- Average annual pay, St. Clair County$57,001
- Housing units permitted, St. Clair County740
Every figure in this section is published for St. Clair County as a whole and is not a measurement of Belleville.
All St. Clair County figures →
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.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Belleville questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Belleville, Illinois?
41,370, in 17,646 households. Belleville city covers 23.24 square miles of land, which is 1,780 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Belleville in?
St. Clair 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 Belleville?
$63,535. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $141,300. Median gross rent is $1,019 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Belleville businesses?
58 7(a) approvals totaling $21.8 m since FY2020, across 24 lenders, median approval $197,600, plus 19 504 approvals worth $17.5 m since FY2010. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Belleville, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Belleville borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Belleville. Only 14 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Belleville in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Belleville appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Belleville, city of, community 170618, 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 Belleville figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for St. Clair 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 Belleville.
Is zoning published for Belleville?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.