Photo: Smallbones · Public domainFor about half of its working residents, Belleville Township is a commute to Belleville
18% of workers work from home, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole. Commuters spend 7 minutes getting to work on average; the Kansas average is 20, the U.S. 26. 50 jobs are based in Belleville Township, against 75 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Belleville Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 73 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Belleville Township on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.67 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Belleville Township ends
Where Belleville Township clocks in
47% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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 Belleville Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Belleville Township, 2014 → 2024: 58 → 50. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Belleville Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 7 minutes from Belleville Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Belleville Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 46 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 85% 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 Belleville Township goes to work
About 23% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Belleville Township and its neighbors: 47% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Belleville Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belleville Township | – | — | — | 7 min | $31,667 |
| Belleville | 47% | C− | C+ | 13 min | $56,218 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Lincoln Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Freedom Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Scandia Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Jefferson Township, Lincoln Township, Freedom Township and Scandia Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Belleville. Darker towns draw more of Belleville Township’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 2024, 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 Belleville Township: questions
What is the median household income in Belleville Township?
$31,667 (±$29,819) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Belleville Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Belleville Township?
7 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Belleville Township work?
3% work in town.
Can you get around Belleville Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Belleville Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Belleville Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.