Photo: Razz4367 · Public domainBelle Center has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
58 jobs are based in Belle Center; 332 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Belle Center itself; outside it, Bellefontaine draws the most (18%, 10 miles). Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Belle Center, in brief
Belle Center is a place people come home to
There are 58 jobs based in Belle Center, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Belle Center has about 530 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Belle Center workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Belle Center workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 332 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Belle Center
On a workday 329 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere.
About 530 people are in Belle Center 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 2024, primary jobs.
About 30 minutes each way for Belle Center’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Belle Center workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 372 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
Out of Belle Center to work: where people go
Where Belle Center clocks in
18% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
38% of the jobs in Belle Center make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Belle Center, 2014 → 2024: 49 → 58. 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 Belle Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Belle Center
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 Belle Center: questions
What is the median household income in Belle Center?
$74,500 (±$14,047) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Belle Center?
12.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Belle Center?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Belle Center work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bellefontaine (18%, 10 mi), Washington Township (5%, 10 mi), Columbus (5%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Belle Center 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 Belle Center, from the people who make the trip.
More of Belle Center
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.