Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Bellwood commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
For 0% of workers, the job is at home (Nebraska 11%). Employers in Bellwood report 28 jobs, and 182 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Bellwood itself; outside it, Columbus draws the most (26%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Bellwood on a workday
On a workday 180 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Bellwood on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Where Bellwood’s working residents head each day
Where Bellwood clocks in
26% of workers
11% of workers
10% 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.
71% of the jobs in Bellwood pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bellwood, 2014 → 2024: 100 → 28. 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 Bellwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Bellwood, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bellwood workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 265 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 it is to work from Bellwood
About 20% 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 Bellwood: questions
What is the median household income in Bellwood?
$72,639 (±$10,940) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bellwood?
8.7%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bellwood?
26 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bellwood work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (26%, 9 mi), Lincoln (11%, 47 mi), David City (10%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Bellwood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bellwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bellwood
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.