Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety21#12,354/15,637
Economy31#10,774/15,631
Housing25#11,201/14,977
Health15#13,232/15,609
Healthcare11#13,853/15,650
Environment48#8,057/15,453
Education20#12,589/15,649
Infrastructure5#14,846/15,650
Community11#13,931/15,651
Leisure & amenities22#12,259/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Belleview, Florida ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Marion County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

New homes permitted · high21.9 /1k
96/100Florida 7.0 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Comfortable days · high33.0%
90/100Florida 32.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationMarion County value
New business applications · high18.6 /1k
86/100Florida 27.6 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauMarion County value
Job growth · high1.2%
81/100Florida 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataMarion County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low131 min
81/100Florida 158 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMarion County value
High ozone days · low0 days
76/100Florida 0 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyMarion County value

Weaknesses

Injury deaths · high165 /100k
2/100Florida 97 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarion County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high27.9%
3/100Florida 13.7%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Rent-burdened households · high42.1%
8/100Florida 60.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Rent as share of income · high25.9%
8/100Florida 35.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Hot days · high103 days
9/100Florida 102 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationMarion County value
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
9/100Florida 0.2 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesMarion County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
4,927 (2015-2019) → 5,805 (2020-2024)
+18%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
7.7 /1k (2021) → 21.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+184%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateImproving
36.0% (2015-2019) → 8.1% (2020-2024)
−28 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
63.3% (2015-2019) → 42.1% (2020-2024)
−21 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
14.5% (2015-2019) → 27.9% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.2× (2015-2019) → 3.6× (2020-2024)
+63%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Belleview, Florida improved on 2 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Rent burden−21 points63.3% → 42.1%
Household income+45%$39,951 → $57,813

Declined2

Uninsured+13 points14.5% → 27.9%
Price / income+1.4×2.2× → 3.6×

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Belleview, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.6 min2015-2019	27.6 min2020-2024	+4.0 min	Within the margin of error	14%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%2015-2019	23.1%2020-2024	+6.1 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Broadband subscriptions	78.3%2015-2019	87.8%2020-2024	+9.5 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Effective property tax rate	0.92%2015-2019	0.75%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	50%
High school diploma or higher	86.9%2015-2019	90.6%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	3.6×2020-2024	+1.4×	Declined	11%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4572015-2019	0.4512020-2024	−0.006	Within the margin of error	56%
Median household income	$39,9512015-2019	$57,8132020-2024	+45%	Improved	80%
Poverty rate	18.6%2015-2019	16.8%2020-2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	33.0%2015-2019	25.9%2020-2024	−7.1 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Rent-burdened households	63.3%2015-2019	42.1%2020-2024	−21 points	Improved	94%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.5%2015-2019	27.9%2020-2024	+13 points	Declined	1%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Belleview, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Belleview, Florida in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Belleview, Florida itself moved +8.3 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

5,805 residents (±20)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

5,805 residents (±20)

Belleview, Florida
Florida share

White74%4,319
Black0.2%†11
Hispanic or Latino24%†1,374

Education

4,090 residents (±388)

Belleview, Florida
Florida share

No high school diploma9.4%†384
High school or GED37%1,532
Some college21%†842

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,388 households (±286)

Belleview, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k25%†592
$25k–50k20%†481
$50k–75k19%†450
$75k–100k15%†354
$100k–150k9.0%†216
$150k–200k11%†251
$200k or more1.8%†44

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,388 households (±286)

Belleview, Florida
Florida share

Own54%1,287
Rent46%1,101

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

1,021 households (±298)

Belleview, Florida
Florida share

Under $75021%†215
$750–1,00017%†170
$1,000–1,50057%†579

Home values

1,287 homes (±298)

Belleview, Florida
Florida share

Under $150k24%†314
$150k–250k43%†547
$250k–400k27%†345

Age of homes

2,874 homes (±411)

Belleview, Florida
Florida share

2010 or later10%†294
2000–200918%†509
1980–199935%†1,015

Size of homes

2,874 homes (±411)

Belleview, Florida
Florida share

Studio1.2%†34
1 bedroom6.5%†188
2 bedrooms40%1,139

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,467 workers (±336)

Belleview, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone70%1,736
Carpool12%†304
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home16%†383
Other1.8%†44

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

2,084 workers (±317)

Belleview, Florida
Florida share

Under 15 min13%†280
15–29 min51%†1,057
30–44 min25%†527

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Ocala, FL

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Marion County, the county holding most of Belleview's residents.

Marion County has 8,389 employer establishments, 203 for every 10,000 residents (0.82× the US rate of 248; 0.72× Florida's), with 101,916 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,273. The Census Bureau also counts 40,715 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 8,389; 40,715 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 203; US 248 · Florida 282
Paid employees: 101,916
Average annual pay: $47,273; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Marion County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	795	19.3	0.93×About typical	8,610	$67,873	2,156
Specialty trade contractors	768	18.6	1.20×About typical	5,253	$51,567	2,903
Lessors of real estate	508	12.3	1.00×About typical	1,416	$43,810	3,807
Restaurants and other eating places	469	11.4	0.62×Fewer than typical	9,519	$22,061	160
Services to buildings and dwellings	441	10.7	1.59×More than typical	3,566	$39,900	3,886
Offices of physicians	291	7.1	1.09×About typical	3,810	$84,152	294
Construction of buildings	276	6.7	0.89×About typical	1,447	$64,610	1,288
Real estate agents and brokers	273	6.6	1.36×More than typical	509	$46,436	1,500
Building equipment contractors	250	6.1	1.01×About typical	2,227	$53,027	372
Landscaping services	247	6	1.71×More than typical	2,408	$41,356	1,372
Building finishing contractors	243	5.9	1.55×More than typical	894	$41,235	1,092
Offices of other health practitioners	243	5.9	0.97×About typical	1,293	$50,159	683

Rank places for an industry Open Marion County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 412,300 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Belleview, Florida: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

4.5KFY2017
269.9FY2018

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Belleview, Florida, so they do not add up across cities.

Belleview, Florida's figures are part of those of Marion County, FL ($12.7M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Belleview is mostly in Marion County.

See federal money in Marion County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Belleview, Florida is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).