What is the population of Belvidere city?

Belvidere city has 24,510 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #91 of 1,462 in Illinois.

What is the median household income in Belvidere city?

Median household income in Belvidere city is $62,462 a year, 20.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Belvidere city?

Median gross rent is $943 a month and the median home value is $153,100, so rent absorbs about 18.1% of median household income.

Is Belvidere city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Belvidere city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Belvidere, IL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Belvidere, Illinois (Belvidere, IL — Census place “Belvidere city”) is 24,510 residents, ranking #91 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $62,462, the median home is worth $153,100 and median gross rent runs $943 a month. Looking for the Belvidere Illinois ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Belvidere, IL: 61008.

Population: 24,510Belvidere city residents
Median household income: $62,462Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $153,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $943Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 73.6%Owner-occupied households

Belvidere ZIP codes (Illinois)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Belvidere.

The Belvidere IL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

61008

What the numbers mean in Belvidere city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Belvidere city median would spend about 18.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.5% of residents and 73.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Belvidere city, IL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Belvidere city is a mid-size town in Illinois, with 24,510 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #91 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 93% of them. The median age here is 39.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Belvidere city earn a median of $62,462 a year, 20.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 16% below the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 15.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Belvidere city is valued at $153,100, 49.5% below the national figure and 15% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $943 a month, 32.9% below the national figure, or roughly $11,316 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 73.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Belvidere city?: Belvidere city has 24,510 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #91 of 1,462 in Illinois.
What is the median household income in Belvidere city?: Median household income in Belvidere city is $62,462 a year, 20.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Belvidere city?: Median gross rent is $943 a month and the median home value is $153,100, so rent absorbs about 18.1% of median household income.
Is Belvidere city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Belvidere city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Belvidere city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.