Bellechester has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
0% of workers have no commute at all; Minnesota has 18%. Bellechester has 25 jobs; 92 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Bellechester for work; outside it, Red Wing is the main destination (17%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Bellechester for work, and who comes in
On a workday 92 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Bellechester on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Bellechester work
Where Bellechester clocks in
17% 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 Bellechester’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bellechester, 2014 → 2024: 20 → 25. 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 Bellechester’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Bellechester: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bellechester workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 100 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% 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 Bellechester commutes less than 22 miles
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Bellechester and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Belvidere Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bellechester workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellechester | – | — | — | 28 min | $64,167 |
| Chester Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Belvidere Township | 7% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Chester Township and Belvidere Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bellechester’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 Bellechester: questions
What is the median household income in Bellechester?
$64,167 (±$12,000) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bellechester?
8.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bellechester?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bellechester work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Red Wing (17%, 15 mi), Rochester (17%, 25 mi), Lake City (11%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Bellechester without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bellechester, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bellechester
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.