Volunteer Lookout Cabin · Photo: Kaibab National Forest · Public domainFor more than half of its working residents, Bellemont is a commute to Flagstaff
Only 1% work in Bellemont itself; outside it, Flagstaff draws the most (52%, 12 miles). Bellemont grades B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Bellemont
More than half of Bellemont works in Flagstaff
281 working residents, 52%, have their main job in Flagstaff, 12 miles away. That’s 52 times as many as work in Bellemont itself. The commute map ↓
Bellemont makes and builds things
65% of the jobs based in Bellemont are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Bellemont residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
Bellemont workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 25 across Arizona. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 544 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Bellemont
On income, poverty and job access, Bellemont is better than 70% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Bellemont’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Bellemont’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bellemont could be anywhere from B to B+.
Out of Bellemont to work: where people go
Where Bellemont clocks in
52% of workers
7% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In Bellemont, 65% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
301 jobs are based in Bellemont.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bellemont, 2014 → 2024: 172 → 301. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bellemont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Bellemont: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bellemont workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 871 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Arizona: 82% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Bellemont by day and by night
On a workday 536 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 293 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Bellemont on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.55 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The commute from Bellemont, by distance
About 33% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Bellemont, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bellemont is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.9% across Arizona.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,014 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Bellemont households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bellemont’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,152nd of 5,760: where Bellemont ranks among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 916 | Fort Valley AZ | 1,761 | $126K | 5.2% | 0.6% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,130 | Centennial Park AZ | 1,839 | $168K | 3.5% | 2.5% | 26% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,150 | Huntington VT | 1,931 | $94K | 5.8% | 2.5% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,151 | Jefferson WI | 1,289 | $92K | 2.2% | 0.6% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,152 | Bellemont AZ | 1,701 | $120K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,153 | Danbury TX | 1,683 | $92K | 9.3% | 6.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,154 | Frelinghuysen Township NJ | 2,239 | $123K | 3.8% | 6.8% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,261 | Rio Verde AZ | 2,261 | $132K | 6.3% | 0.0% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bellemont, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
Around Bellemont: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Fort Valley (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bellemont workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellemont | – | B+ | C− | 35 min | $119,722 |
| Fort Valley | 2% | B+ | D | 19 min | $125,625 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bellemont’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bellemont: questions
What is the median household income in Bellemont?
$119,722 (±$35,288) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bellemont?
0.0%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bellemont?
35 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bellemont work?
1% work in town.
Is Bellemont walkable?
Bellemont is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bellemont without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bellemont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bellemont
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.