Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Belmar commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
45% of workers have no commute at all (Nebraska 11%). 3 jobs are based in Belmar; 44 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Belmar for work; outside it, Ogallala is the main destination (30%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Belmar by day and by night
On a workday 44 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Belmar on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 towns that employ Belmar’s residents
Where Belmar clocks in
30% of workers
7% 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.
Belmar is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Belmar, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 3. 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 Belmar’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Belmar
of Belmar workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 29 commuters (the 45% 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.
Belmar’s commute, mile by mile
About 43% 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.
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 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 Belmar: questions
What is the median household income in Belmar?
$24,432 (±$19,469) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Belmar?
18.2%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Belmar work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ogallala (30%, 16 mi), Paxton (9%, 33 mi), Lincoln (7%, 276 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Belmar 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 Belmar, from the people who make the trip.
More of Belmar
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.