With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Bel-Nor works elsewhere
Measured by household income, Bel-Nor is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns. Bel-Nor has 155 jobs, and 522 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Bel-Nor is better than 96% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bel-Nor and work: the main findings
Bel-Nor and St. Louis trade workers both ways
St. Louis is the top workplace for Bel-Nor residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Bel-Nor come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Bel-Nor residents work close to home
68% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 7% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Bel-Nor is a place people come home to
There are 155 jobs based in Bel-Nor, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bel-Nor has about 980 people in it, 27% 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 522 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Bel-Nor
Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (5.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
Unemployment (8.0%) is left out: Bel-Nor’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, Bel-Nor could be anywhere from A to A+.
21% of working residents work in St. Louis
Where Bel-Nor clocks in
21% of workers
4% 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.
How far Bel-Nor’s workers travel
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.
Who commutes out of Bel-Nor, and who commutes in
On a workday 515 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 148 people come in from elsewhere.
About 980 people are in Bel-Nor on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
The kinds of work in Bel-Nor
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bel-Nor, 2013 → 2023: 129 → 155. 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 Bel-Nor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Bel-Nor: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bel-Nor workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 577 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 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.
In Bel-Nor, walking beats the bus
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 694 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 88% 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). 0.6% of Bel-Nor households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Bel-Nor’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Bel-Nor is 125th of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | LaBarque Creek MO | 1,457 | $133K | 1.1% | 1.7% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 119 | Fremont Hills MO | 1,098 | $171K | 3.9% | 1.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Walford IA | 1,359 | $129K | 1.1% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| 124 | Laflin PA | 1,468 | $121K | 2.3% | 3.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 125 | Bel-Nor MO | 1,351 | $111K | 5.8% | 8.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 126 | Kanwaka Township KS | 1,493 | $126K | 2.5% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 127 | Granville South OH | 1,146 | $131K | 4.5% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Bel-Nor, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
The towns around Bel-Nor
The biggest share goes to Bellerive Acres (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bel-Nor workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bel-Nor | – | A+ | A | 25 min | $110,667 |
| Bel-Ridge | under 2% | C− | A+ | 27 min | $38,049 |
| Normandy | under 2% | C | A+ | 19 min | $29,379 |
| Bellerive Acres | 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Greendale | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bellerive Acres and Greendale: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bel-Nor’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 Bel-Nor: questions
What is the median household income in Bel-Nor?
$110,667 (±$14,478) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bel-Nor?
5.8%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bel-Nor?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bel-Nor work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (21%, 6 mi), Maryland Heights (6%, 8 mi), Creve Coeur (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bel-Nor walkable?
Bel-Nor is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.9 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bel-Nor without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bel-Nor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bel-Nor
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.