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Jobs & commute in Belle Township

Belle Township draws 60 commuters a day, with 5.2 jobs for every working resident

There are 62 jobs in Belle Township; 12 of its residents have a job. About one in seven work in Belle Township itself; outside it, Stuart draws the most (33%, 16 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 11% for Nebraska as a whole.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Belle Township’s population more than doubles on a workday

On a workday 10 residents head out to work and 2 work right here.

10live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
60work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night41
Workday91
41live here− 10head out to work+ 60come in to work= 91on a workday

About 91 people are in Belle Township on a workday afternoon, 122% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
5.17jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

The daily trip into Belle Township

Pueblo: 1 workers live here (2%)Randolph: 2 workers live here (3%)StuartAtkinson: 10 workers live here (16%)O'Neill: 10 workers live here (16%)Sheridan Township: 3 workers live here (5%)Grattan Township: 7 workers live here (11%)Pleasant View Township: 2 workers live here (3%)Emmet Township: 2 workers live here (3%)Stuart Township: 2 workers live here (3%)Belle TownshipRock Falls TownshipSaratoga TownshipAtkinsonO'NeillGrattan TownshipSheridan TownshipRandolphPleasant View TownshipBelle Township
1
Atkinson11.1 mi away
16%10
2
O'Neill17 mi away
16%10
3
Grattan Township17.7 mi away
11%7
4
Sheridan Township16.1 mi away
5%3
5
Randolph78.2 mi away
3%2
63%2
7
Emmet Township14.7 mi away
3%2
8
Stuart Township16.7 mi away
3%2
9
Belle Township (in town)right here
3%2
10
Pueblo, CO428.7 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
34%21
The top trips

Where Belle Township clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Belle Township works in goods: 98% of its jobs

Jobs based in Belle TownshipJobs Belle Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms98%25%
Trade, transport & utilities2%17%
Services: health, schools, offices0%58%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less15%25%
$1,251–$3,333 a month6%0%
Over $3,333 a month79%75%

Who does it

29 or younger21%8%
30 to 5474%75%
55 and older5%17%
+1450%

Jobs based in Belle Township, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 62. 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 Belle Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Belle Township

Working from home
0%

of Belle Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Belle Township gets to work
85%Drive alone
15%Walk

Share of the 20 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Nebraska: 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.

How far

How far Belle Township goes to work

10 mi25 mi30 miStuart: 33% · 15.6 miAtkinson: 17% · 11.1 miO'Neill: 17% · 17 miStuart Township: 8% · 16.7 miStuart 33%Atkinson 17%O'Neill 17%Stuart Township 8%Belle Township
Belle TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
17%Under 10 mi2 residents
75%10–24 mi9 residents
0%25–50 mi0 residents
8%Over 50 mi1 residents

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.

Next door

Around Belle Township: the bordering towns

Jobs & commute next door

TownBelle Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Belle Township–———$61,667
Rock Falls Townshipunder 9%————
Pleasant View Townshipunder 9%————
Saratoga Townshipunder 9%————

Same-state neighbors only. Rock Falls Township, Pleasant View Township and Saratoga Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Belle Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Belle Township: questions

What is the median household income in Belle Township?

$61,667 (±$4,517) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Belle Township?

19.0%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Belle Township work?

17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stuart (33%, 16 mi), Atkinson (17%, 11 mi), O'Neill (17%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Belle Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Belle Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Belle Township

Belle Township home →

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.