Photo: FatCat96 · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Belfry
Hardly any work in Belfry itself; outside it, Pikeville draws the most (18%, 17 miles). 50% of workers have no commute at all, where Kentucky as a whole has 10%. 74 jobs are based in Belfry, and 95 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Belfry
On a workday 95 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere.
About 97 people are in Belfry on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).
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 Belfry’s working residents head each day
Where Belfry clocks in
18% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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.
Belfry is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Belfry, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 74. 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 Belfry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Belfry
of Belfry workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 37 commuters (the 50% who work from home are left out). Across Kentucky: 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.
The commute from Belfry, by distance
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.
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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Belfry workers work outside Kentucky. The job records count 15% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Belfry: questions
What is the poverty rate in Belfry?
0.0%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Belfry work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pikeville (18%, 17 mi), Williamson (11%, 4 mi), South Williamson (7%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Belfry 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 Belfry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Belfry
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.