Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Bell has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Home is the office for 2% of workers (Florida 16%). There are 100 jobs in Bell, and 213 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Bell; the top destination outside it is Gainesville (13%, 31 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Bell, in a few figures
Bell’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Bell is Gainesville, 31 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (28) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
39% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Few Bell workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 213 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Miles to work from Bell
About 39% 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.
Getting to work from Bell takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bell workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 251 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Bell
On a workday 212 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 99 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Bell on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Bell goes to work
Where Bell clocks in
13% of workers
8% of workers
3% 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.
The 100 jobs based in Bell
100 jobs are based in Bell.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bell, 2013 → 2023: 87 → 100. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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.
Jobs and commuting in Bell: questions
What is the median household income in Bell?
$65,938 (±$25,368) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bell?
13.1%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bell?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bell work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gainesville (13%, 31 mi), Trenton (8%, 11 mi), Lake City (3%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bell without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bell
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.