Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Belmont’s household incomes are lower than in 91% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income C: better than 27% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access.
Walkability C−: more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns.
Working residents average 26 minutes each way (Mississippi 26, U.S. 26). About one in five work in Belmont; the top destination outside it is Red Bay (18%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Belmont, in brief
Belmont makes and builds things
51% of the jobs based in Belmont are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Belmont residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 41%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Belmont workers cross into Alabama
25% of Belmont workers work outside Mississippi, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Red Bay (18%) is one of the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Belmont
48% of Belmont residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 29% of the jobs based in Belmont pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 82% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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 794 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Belmont’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Belmont is better than 27% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Belmont’s grade up (1.7%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($46,512, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Belmont could be anywhere from D to B−.
Belmont makes things: 51% of its jobs are in goods
1,115 jobs are based in Belmont. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Belmont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Belmont, 2013 → 2023: 858 → 1,115. 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.
18% of working residents work in Red Bay
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Belmont clocks in
18% of workers
6% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Belmont fills up on a workday
On a workday 652 residents head out to work, 142 work right here, and 973 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Belmont on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 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.
About 26 minutes each way, about the MS average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Belmont workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,021 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across Mississippi: 87% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Belmont commutes less than 15 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 18% 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.
Most trips from Belmont start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Belmont is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Belmont 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 1,033 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). 6.1% of Belmont households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Belmont’s commuters take a bus or train.
Belmont is 3,621st of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Belmont, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,793 | Lynchburg MS | 2,161 | $89K | 7.1% | 10.2% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,807 | DeLisle MS | 1,906 | $72K | 7.2% | 3.9% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,840 | Sumrall MS | 2,299 | $70K | 4.4% | 6.9% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,619 | East Bethlehem Township PA | 2,238 | $68K | 21.3% | 3.5% | 4% | C |
| 3,620 | Baldwin FL | 1,394 | $48K | 16.3% | 8.9% | 1% | C |
| 3,621 | Belmont MS | 1,820 | $47K | 16.6% | 1.7% | 18% | C |
| 3,622 | Stevenson WA | 1,596 | $77K | 11.9% | 5.0% | 22% | C |
| 3,623 | Earl Township IL | 2,425 | $68K | 14.9% | 5.2% | 8% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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.
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 Belmont: questions
What is the median household income in Belmont?
$46,512 (±$10,035) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Belmont?
16.6%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Belmont?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Belmont work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Red Bay (18%, 6 mi), Tupelo (6%, 34 mi), Iuka (4%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Belmont walkable?
Belmont is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Belmont without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Belmont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Belmont
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.