The town 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, Belfair has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Belfair a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One of the nice things about Belfair is that it is nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.
In Belfair, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 38.56 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
The percentage of people in Belfair with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.60% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Belfair in 2022 was $37,094, which is middle income relative to Washington, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $148,376 for a family of four. However, Belfair contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Belfair is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Belfair home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Belfair residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Belfair also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.93% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Belfair include English, German, Norwegian, European, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Belfair is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
