Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Belvidere has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
411 jobs are based in Belvidere for 1,278 working residents. Belvidere grades B+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. For 7% of workers, the job is at home, against 17% across New Jersey.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Belvidere
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Belvidere
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Belvidere is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #293 of 468 in New Jersey. The poverty rate is its strongest input (5.9%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Belvidere could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Belvidere quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,210 residents head out to work, 68 work right here, and 343 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Belvidere on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Where Belvidere goes to work
Where Belvidere clocks in
4% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
Jobs in Belvidere: what the 411 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Belvidere, 2013 → 2023: 530 → 411. 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 Belvidere’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Belvidere spends getting to work: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Belvidere workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,320 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Belvidere commutes less than 23 miles
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.
Belvidere is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Belvidere is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns, #261 of 468 in New Jersey. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 13.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, the same share as across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 8.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,420 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.8% of Belvidere households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Belvidere’s commuters take a bus or train.
Belvidere is 1,033rd of 4,868 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Sea Girt NJ | 1,874 | $214K | 3.3% | 4.5% | 4% | A+ |
| 54 | Spring Lake NJ | 2,769 | $216K | 1.0% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Woodbury Heights NJ | 3,162 | $123K | 4.1% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,031 | Londonderry VT | 1,897 | $85K | 2.4% | 0.5% | 23% | B+ |
| 1,032 | Burke WI | 3,089 | $104K | 1.0% | 12.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,033 | Belvidere NJ | 2,551 | $96K | 5.9% | 4.0% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,034 | New Wilmington PA | 2,084 | $74K | 8.5% | 1.1% | 15% | B+ |
| 1,035 | New London Township MN | 2,965 | $105K | 1.6% | 3.6% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Belvidere, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Around Belvidere: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to White Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Belvidere workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belvidere | – | B+ | A | 33 min | $95,714 |
| White Township | 4% | B+ | B− | 33 min | $75,726 |
| Brookfield | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Brookfield: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Belvidere’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Belvidere: questions
What is the median household income in Belvidere?
$95,714 (±$26,823) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Belvidere?
5.9%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Belvidere?
33 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Belvidere work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are White Township (4%, 2 mi), Hackettstown (3%, 13 mi), Oxford Township (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Belvidere walkable?
Belvidere is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Belvidere without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Belvidere, from the people who make the trip.
More of Belvidere
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.