Bellevue Mill · Photo: kennethaw88 · CC BY 4.0Most of Bellevue Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Bellevue Township report 273 jobs for 1,057 working residents. Jobs and income earn Bellevue Township B; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 6% work in Bellevue Township itself; outside it, Charlotte draws the most (12%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Bellevue Township
Bellevue Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Bellevue Township is a place people come home to
There are 273 jobs based in Bellevue Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published.
Inside Bellevue Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bellevue Township is better than 60% of U.S. towns, #316 of 701 in Michigan. Unemployment holds Bellevue Township’s grade up (2.7%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is three years behind.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bellevue Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
About 38 minutes each way, longer than most of Michigan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bellevue Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,594 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 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.
Who commutes out of Bellevue Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 997 residents head out to work, 60 work right here, and 213 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Bellevue Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 2021, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Bellevue Township’s residents
Where Bellevue Township clocks in
12% of workers
10% 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.
The kinds of work in Bellevue Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bellevue Township, 2011 → 2021: 273 → 273. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bellevue Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Bellevue Township
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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Bellevue Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bellevue Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns, #511 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,757 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 4.0% of Bellevue Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bellevue Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bellevue Township places 1,628th of 4,316 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 21 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 129 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 144 | Lima Township MI | 4,215 | $119K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,626 | Lapel IN | 2,570 | $80K | 6.4% | 6.3% | 3% | B |
| 1,627 | Belville NC | 3,199 | $82K | 10.7% | 3.5% | 1% | B |
| 1,628 | Bellevue Township MI | 3,218 | $84K | 10.7% | 2.7% | 6% | B |
| 1,629 | Forestville CA | 3,717 | $116K | 7.4% | 6.7% | 5% | B |
| 1,630 | Venersborg WA | 4,262 | $118K | 3.0% | 7.9% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,316 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work in the towns next to Bellevue Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bellevue Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevue Township | – | B | C− | 38 min | $83,636 |
| Walton Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 29 min | $89,167 |
| Assyria Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 32 min | $78,050 |
| Kalamo Township | under 2% | B | D− | 38 min | $86,905 |
| Convis Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 24 min | $70,707 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bellevue 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 2021, 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bellevue Township?
$83,636 (±$6,243) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bellevue Township?
10.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bellevue Township?
38 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bellevue Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charlotte (12%, 12 mi), Lansing (10%, 29 mi), Marshall (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Bellevue Township walkable?
Bellevue Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bellevue Township without a car?
0% 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 Bellevue Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bellevue Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, 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.