Old Belleair Town Hall · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY 2.5Most of Belleair commutes out: there are 0.6 jobs for every working resident
There are 967 jobs in Belleair, and 1,700 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Belleair is better than 80% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (B+). Measured by household income, Belleair is ahead of 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Belleair stands out on work
Belleair has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Belleair went from 511 in 2013 to 967 in 2023, +89%. The jobs ↓
Belleair and Clearwater trade workers both ways
Clearwater is the top workplace for Belleair residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Belleair come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Belleair are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker. Time on the road ↓
Belleair’s workforce skews older
39% of Belleair’s working residents are 55 or older. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The figures behind Belleair’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Belleair’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (5.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Belleair could be anywhere from B to A+.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Belleair
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Belleair, 2013 → 2023: 511 → 967. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
21% of working residents work in Clearwater
Where Belleair clocks in
21% of workers
9% of workers
9% 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.
About 20 minutes each way for Belleair’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Belleair workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,421 commuters (the 21% 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.
How many people are in Belleair by day
On a workday 1,633 residents head out to work, 67 work right here, and 900 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in Belleair on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
Belleair’s commute, mile by mile
About 18% 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: mostly by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.9% 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 1,806 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 16% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 65% 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). 2.0% of Belleair households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Belleair’s commuters take a bus or train.
Belleair places 800th of 4,009 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 798 | Trent Woods NC | 4,070 | $108K | 3.5% | 3.1% | 5% | A− |
| 799 | Blue Township KS | 5,449 | $118K | 6.8% | 2.2% | 3% | A− |
| 800 | Belleair FL | 4,631 | $117K | 5.7% | 5.5% | 4% | A− |
| 801 | Lake Barrington IL | 5,130 | $142K | 6.3% | 5.9% | 2% | A− |
| 802 | Poplar Grove IL | 5,206 | $120K | 3.7% | 5.2% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,009 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Belleair and its neighbors: 30% work next door
The biggest share goes to Clearwater (21%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Belleair workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belleair | – | A− | B+ | 20 min | $117,083 |
| Clearwater | 21% | B− | A+ | 23 min | $66,381 |
| Belleair Bluffs | under 2% | B− | A+ | 22 min | $58,953 |
| Largo | 9% | B− | A− | 25 min | $62,096 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Belleair’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: questions
What is the median household income in Belleair?
$117,083 (±$27,218) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Belleair?
5.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Belleair?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Belleair work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clearwater (21%, 4 mi), Tampa (9%, 21 mi), Largo (9%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Belleair walkable?
Belleair is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 12.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Belleair without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 16% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Belleair, from the people who make the trip.
More of Belleair
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.