Warren, William, Two Rivers House Site and McDougall, Peter, Farmstead · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 4.0Bellevue Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
117 jobs are based in Bellevue Township for 501 working residents. Bellevue Township grades A− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Measured by household income, Bellevue Township is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Bellevue Township stands out on work
Bellevue Township and Little Falls trade workers both ways
Little Falls is the top workplace for Bellevue Township residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Bellevue Township come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Bellevue Township is a place people come home to
There are 117 jobs based in Bellevue Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bellevue Township has about 800 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 501 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Bellevue Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Bellevue Township is better than 78% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Bellevue Township’s grade up (3.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 32% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.2%) is left out: Bellevue Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bellevue Township could be anywhere from B to A.
28% of working residents work in Little Falls
Where Bellevue Township clocks in
28% of workers
10% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Bellevue Township
On a workday 498 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in Bellevue Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 2023, primary jobs.
A place that makes things: 32% of Bellevue Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bellevue Township, 2013 → 2023: 115 → 117. 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 Bellevue Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Bellevue Township’s commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bellevue Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 701 commuters (the 13% 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.
Miles to work from Bellevue Township
About 16% 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.
In Bellevue Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bellevue Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Bellevue Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 802 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.8% of Bellevue Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bellevue Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Bellevue Township ranks: 452nd of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 7 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
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| 26 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 450 | Center WI | 1,044 | $112K | 5.4% | 3.5% | 2% | A− |
| 451 | North Haven NY | 1,215 | $155K | 5.4% | 2.3% | 1% | A− |
| 452 | Bellevue Township MN | 1,181 | $114K | 3.6% | 3.2% | 1% | A− |
| 453 | Lessor WI | 1,242 | $97K | 3.9% | 4.0% | 1% | A− |
| 454 | Wye MT | 1,055 | $110K | 2.7% | 1.3% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Minnesota.
The towns around Bellevue Township
The biggest share goes to Little Falls Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bellevue Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevue Township | – | A− | C− | 26 min | $113,958 |
| Swan River Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Two Rivers Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Little Falls Township | 3% | B+ | D− | 27 min | $108,333 |
| Langola Township | under 3% | A− | C− | 29 min | $114,167 |
| Buckman Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Royalton | 3% | D | C | 30 min | $55,156 |
Same-state neighbors only. Swan River Township, Two Rivers Township and Buckman Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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 2023, 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?
$113,958 (±$23,159) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bellevue Township?
3.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bellevue Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bellevue Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Little Falls (28%, 10 mi), St. Cloud (10%, 24 mi), Brainerd (6%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bellevue Township walkable?
Bellevue Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 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 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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), 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. 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.