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Jobs & commute in Belden

Work means Quincy for about half of Belden’s working residents

The Census job records count 4 working residents of Belden and no jobs based in it. Hardly any work in Belden; the top destination outside it is Quincy (50%, 16 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who commutes out of Belden, and who commutes in

On a workday 4 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

4live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Commuting out of Belden: the destinations

Sparks: 1 residents work here (25%)BeldenQuincy: 2 residents work here (50%)East Quincy: 1 residents work here (25%)QuincySparksEast QuincyBelden
1
Quincy15.9 mi away
50%2
2
Sparks, NV86.2 mi away
25%1
3
East Quincy18 mi away
25%1
The top trips

Where Belden clocks in

Lines 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.

How far

How far Belden’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miQuincy: 50% · 15.9 miSparks: 25% · 86.2 miEast Quincy: 25% · 18 miQuincy 50%Sparks 25%East Quincy 25%Belden
BeldenTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
75%10–24 mi3 residents
0%25–50 mi0 residents
25%Over 50 mi1 residents

About 25% 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 2023.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Belden: questions

Where do people who live in Belden work?

0% work in town.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Belden, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Belden

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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.