Photo: AITFFan1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Few U.S. towns have household incomes as high as Bellerose’s
Below the poverty line: 1.6% of residents; New York has 14.0%. Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. Jobs and income earn Bellerose A+; getting around on foot earns it A+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Bellerose, in a few figures
Bellerose and New York City trade workers both ways
New York City is the top workplace for Bellerose residents (55%) and also where the most people who work in Bellerose come from (50% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Bellerose workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 50 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 383 hours of commuting, 130 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Bellerose
70% of Bellerose residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 52% of the jobs based in Bellerose pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 522 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Bellerose’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Bellerose is among the top U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Bellerose’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
Unemployment (6.1%) is left out: Bellerose’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bellerose stays A+.
55% of working residents work in New York City
Where Bellerose clocks in
55% of workers
17% 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.
Time on the road from Bellerose: about 50 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bellerose workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 384 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Jobs in Bellerose: what the 458 are
458 jobs are based in Bellerose.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bellerose, 2013 → 2023: 454 → 458. 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 Bellerose’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Bellerose, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 515 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 451 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Bellerose
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.
Bellerose is among the most walkable U.S. towns
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bellerose is among the most walkable U.S. towns. Both inputs place Bellerose near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 465 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 28.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, among the most 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). 6.0% of Bellerose households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 31% of Bellerose’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, Bellerose comes 2nd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 5 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 6 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Plandome Heights NY | 1,019 | $250K | 3.8% | 6.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Bellerose, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Around Bellerose: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bellerose workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellerose | – | A+ | A+ | 50 min | $232,250 |
| Bellerose Terrace | under 1% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Floral Park | under 1% | A+ | A+ | 33 min | $150,084 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bellerose Terrace: 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 Bellerose’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 Bellerose: questions
What is the median household income in Bellerose?
$232,250 (±$35,286) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bellerose?
1.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bellerose?
50 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bellerose work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (55%, 12 mi), Hempstead (17%, 8 mi), North Hempstead (11%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bellerose walkable?
Bellerose is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 17.2 out of 20, and 34% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bellerose without a car?
31% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bellerose, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bellerose
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.