Belvue draws 614 commuters a day, with 9.9 jobs for every working resident
The trip to work takes 21 minutes on average, where Kansas has 20 and the U.S. 26. Belvue has 621 jobs; 63 of its residents have a job. About one in ten work in Belvue; the top destination outside it is St. Marys (24%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Belvue on a workday afternoon
On a workday 56 residents head out to work and 7 work right here.
About 760 people are in Belvue on a workday afternoon, 271% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The daily trip into Belvue
Where Belvue clocks in
24% of workers
14% of workers
6% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 89% of the jobs in Belvue
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Belvue, 2014 → 2024: 318 → 621. 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 Belvue’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Belvue takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Belvue workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 60 commuters (the 13% 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.
Half of Belvue commutes less than 10 miles
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.
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 Belvue: questions
What is the median household income in Belvue?
$81,111 (±$14,838) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Belvue?
8.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Belvue?
21 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Belvue work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Marys (24%, 6 mi), Topeka (14%, 29 mi), Manhattan (6%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Belvue 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 Belvue, from the people who make the trip.
More of Belvue
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.