Lock and Dam No. 12 Historic District · Photo: US Army Corps of Engineers, photographer unknown · Public domainFewer people are out of work in Bellevue (1.8%) than in 87% of U.S. towns
Bellevue grades B for jobs and income and A for walkability. About one in five work in Bellevue itself; outside it, Dubuque draws the most (25%, 22 miles). The average commute takes 17 minutes each way, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Bellevue: the figures worth knowing
Where Bellevue’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bellevue is better than 56% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Bellevue’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns). 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, Bellevue could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
What the 841 jobs in Bellevue are
841 jobs are based in Bellevue.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bellevue, 2013 → 2023: 672 → 841. 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 Bellevue’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Bellevue on a workday afternoon
On a workday 944 residents head out to work, 221 work right here, and 620 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Bellevue on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.72 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.
Where Bellevue’s working residents head each day
Where Bellevue clocks in
25% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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 17 minutes each way, quicker than most of Iowa
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bellevue workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 895 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Iowa: 86% 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 far Bellevue goes to work
About 24% 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.
Bellevue is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 991 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.0% of Bellevue households have no vehicle (Iowa 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bellevue’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Bellevue is 1,954th among 5,328 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 139 | Van Meter IA | 1,978 | $135K | 2.6% | 1.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 170 | Ely IA | 2,366 | $106K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 209 | Granger IA | 2,179 | $112K | 3.4% | 2.1% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,952 | Thornton NH | 2,895 | $90K | 9.2% | 1.3% | 6% | B |
| 1,953 | Roebuck SC | 2,902 | $51K | 11.2% | 1.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,954 | Bellevue IA | 2,317 | $79K | 9.7% | 1.8% | 19% | B |
| 1,955 | Hopewell Township OH | 2,733 | $61K | 9.6% | 1.1% | 3% | B |
| 1,956 | Union Township OH | 2,231 | $93K | 3.4% | 5.7% | 10% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Bellevue, the top three, the last and three more from Iowa.
Around Bellevue: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bellevue workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevue | – | B | A | 17 min | $79,417 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bellevue’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 Bellevue: questions
What is the median household income in Bellevue?
$79,417 (±$8,429) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bellevue?
9.7%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bellevue?
17 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bellevue work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dubuque (25%, 22 mi), Maquoketa (6%, 18 mi), Cedar Rapids (5%, 67 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bellevue walkable?
Bellevue is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.0 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bellevue without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bellevue, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bellevue
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.