Making a living in Belvidere Township
271 jobs are based in Belvidere Township; 188 of its residents have a job. Only 3% work in Belvidere Township; the top destination outside it is Red Wing (20%, 12 miles). Working residents average 31 minutes each way, where Minnesota has 23 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Belvidere Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 182 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 265 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Belvidere Township on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 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 people from Belvidere Township work
Where Belvidere Township clocks in
16% 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.
Making and building: 93% of jobs based in Belvidere Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Belvidere Township, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 271. 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 Belvidere Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Belvidere Township: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Belvidere Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 188 commuters (the 20% 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.
The distance from Belvidere Township to work
About 19% 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.
How Belvidere Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Belvidere Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belvidere Township | – | — | — | 31 min | $100,833 |
| Hay Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Goodhue Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Mount Pleasant Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Chester Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Bellechester | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hay Creek Township: not graded. Goodhue Township, Mount Pleasant Township, Chester Township and Bellechester: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Belvidere 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 Belvidere Township: questions
What is the median household income in Belvidere Township?
$100,833 (±$27,585) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Belvidere Township?
5.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Belvidere Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Belvidere Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Red Wing (20%, 12 mi), Lake City (17%, 10 mi), Rochester (16%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Belvidere Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Belvidere Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Belvidere 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.