With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Bellview works elsewhere
2,835 jobs are based in Bellview, against 10,465 working residents. Bellview grades C+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Only 3% work in Bellview itself; outside it, Pensacola draws the most (28%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Bellview, in brief
Most Bellview residents work close to home
72% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Bellview is a place people come home to
There are 2,835 jobs based in Bellview, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bellview has about 19,000 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Bellview are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker. Time on the road ↓
28% of Bellview works in Pensacola
2,909 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Pensacola, 7.2 miles away. That’s 9 times as many as work in Bellview itself. The commute map ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Bellview are held by workers 29 or younger, against 25% of Bellview’s own working residents. 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.
Inside Bellview’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bellview is better than 36% of U.S. towns, #443 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Bellview’s grade up (ahead of 63% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (15.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bellview could be anywhere from C to B−.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Bellview
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.
Bellview quiets down on a workday
On a workday 10,127 residents head out to work, 338 work right here, and 2,497 people come in from elsewhere.
About 19,000 people are in Bellview on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of Florida
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bellview workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,410 commuters (the 9% 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 places Bellview commutes to
Where Bellview clocks in
28% 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.
What Bellview’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bellview, 2013 → 2023: 2,314 → 2,835. 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 Bellview’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Bellview, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bellview is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns, #445 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% 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 12,531 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 60% 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 1.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 61% 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). 4.5% of Bellview households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Bellview’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bellview next to U.S. towns of 19,000 to 36,000: 1,175th of 1,477 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 83 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 98 | Jacksonville Beach FL | 23,615 | $121K | 4.8% | 1.8% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 112 | Palmetto Bay FL | 24,886 | $142K | 5.8% | 2.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,173 | Union City GA | 29,910 | $50K | 14.2% | 5.8% | 5% | C+ |
| 1,174 | Moline Township IL | 22,531 | $62K | 15.0% | 6.1% | 10% | C+ |
| 1,175 | Bellview FL | 26,488 | $70K | 15.4% | 5.6% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,176 | Burlington IA | 23,336 | $59K | 13.2% | 3.9% | 40% | C+ |
| 1,177 | Staunton VA | 26,801 | $66K | 12.4% | 5.3% | 23% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,477 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Bellview, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Bellview and its neighbors: 11% work next door
The biggest share goes to Brent (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bellview workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellview | – | C+ | B− | 22 min | $69,890 |
| Myrtle Grove | 1% | C− | A+ | 24 min | $67,647 |
| Brent | 7% | C− | A+ | 19 min | $49,167 |
| West Pensacola | 3% | C− | A+ | 25 min | $40,511 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bellview’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 Bellview: questions
What is the median household income in Bellview?
$69,890 (±$5,714) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bellview?
15.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bellview?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bellview work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pensacola (28%, 7 mi), Ferry Pass (9%, 8 mi), Brent (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bellview walkable?
Bellview is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bellview without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bellview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bellview
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.