Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Philipp Michel Reichold assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 2.5Household incomes in Belleair Beach are higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 5.9%; Florida has 12.6%. Belleair Beach grades A for jobs and income and B− for walkability. At home: 28% of workers have no commute at all (Florida 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Belleair Beach: the figures worth knowing
Belleair Beach is a place people come home to
There are 148 jobs based in Belleair Beach, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Belleair Beach has about 1,100 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Belleair Beach works from home
28% of Belleair Beach workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. 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 628 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Belleair Beach
On income, poverty and job access, Belleair Beach is better than 95% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($164,063, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (3.6%) is left out: Belleair Beach’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, Belleair Beach could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Belleair Beach on a workday afternoon
On a workday 610 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 130 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Belleair Beach on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.24 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 daily trip from Belleair Beach: 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 Belleair Beach workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 457 commuters (the 28% 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.
14% of working residents work in Largo
Where Belleair Beach clocks in
14% of workers
11% of workers
10% 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 148 jobs based in Belleair Beach
148 jobs are based in Belleair Beach.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Belleair Beach, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 148. 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 Belleair Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Belleair Beach to work
About 21% 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 around Belleair Beach: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Belleair Beach is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 637 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 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 68% 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). 2.7% of Belleair Beach households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Belleair Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Belleair Beach is 186th among 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 120 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 125 | Lake Mary Jane FL | 1,792 | $146K | 0.0% | 3.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 184 | Wall Lake Township SD | 1,210 | $129K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| 185 | Monument Hills CA | 1,551 | $218K | 3.6% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| 186 | Belleair Beach FL | 1,581 | $164K | 5.9% | 3.6% | 3% | A |
| 187 | Yutan NE | 1,451 | $103K | 0.7% | 8.8% | 2% | A |
| 188 | Middle Creek Township KS | 1,876 | $136K | 2.3% | 4.6% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 196 | Ocean Ridge FL | 1,868 | $129K | 6.4% | 2.6% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Belleair Beach, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Belleair Beach and its neighbors: 11% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Belleair Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belleair Beach | – | A | B− | 26 min | $164,063 |
| Belleair Shore | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Clearwater | 11% | B− | A+ | 23 min | $66,381 |
Same-state neighbors only. Belleair Shore: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Clearwater. Darker towns draw more of Belleair Beach’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 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 Belleair Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Belleair Beach?
$164,063 (±$18,801) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Belleair Beach?
5.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Belleair Beach?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Belleair Beach work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Largo (14%, 4 mi), Clearwater (11%, 5 mi), Tampa (10%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Belleair Beach walkable?
Belleair Beach is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Belleair Beach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Belleair Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Belleair Beach
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. 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.