Photo: Mmrvideo · CC BY-SA 4.0A job hub: Belmont has 3.0 jobs per working resident, and 858 people come in to work
There are 897 jobs in Belmont, and 303 of its residents work somewhere. About one in seven work in Belmont itself; outside it, Amity draws the most (16%, 2 miles). The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average, where New York has 33 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Belmont, in brief
Belmont is where the jobs are
Belmont has 897 jobs, 3.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,400 people are in town, 72% more than the 830 who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Belmont are quick
The average trip to work takes 25 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 303 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Belmont on a workday
On a workday 264 residents head out to work and 39 work right here.
About 1,400 people are in Belmont on a workday afternoon, 72% more 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.
About 25 minutes to work from Belmont
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Belmont workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 392 commuters (the 12% 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.
Commuting in to Belmont: where workers come from
Where Belmont clocks in
16% of workers
14% 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.
Belmont is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Belmont, 2014 → 2024: 875 → 897. 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 Belmont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Belmont
About 26% 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 Belmont: questions
What is the median household income in Belmont?
$65,313 (±$12,063) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Belmont?
14.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Belmont?
25 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Belmont work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Amity (16%, 2 mi), Wellsville (14%, 9 mi), Cuba (8%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Belmont without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Belmont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Belmont
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.