Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Most of Belwood commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, against 16% across North Carolina. Belwood has 61 jobs; 364 of its residents have a job. Only 1% stay in Belwood for work; outside it, Shelby is the main destination (19%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Belwood stands out on work
Belwood is a place people come home to
There are 61 jobs based in Belwood, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Belwood has about 570 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Belwood workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 25 across North Carolina. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Belwood workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across North Carolina. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 364 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Belwood quiets down on a workday
On a workday 359 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 570 people are in Belwood on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
About 39 minutes to work from Belwood
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Belwood workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 331 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across North Carolina: 85% 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.
The towns that employ Belwood’s residents
Where Belwood clocks in
12% of workers
5% 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.
In Belwood, 59% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Belwood, 2014 → 2024: 74 → 61. 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 Belwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Belwood commutes less than 21 miles
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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 Belwood: questions
What is the median household income in Belwood?
$51,299 (±$2,391) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Belwood?
14.8%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Belwood?
39 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Belwood work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Shelby (19%, 13 mi), Charlotte (12%, 44 mi), Hickory (5%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Belwood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Belwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Belwood
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.