Photo: Nyttend · Public domainBelle Valley draws 120 commuters a day, with 1.8 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Belle Valley itself; outside it, Caldwell draws the most (15%, 4 miles). There are 120 jobs in Belle Valley for 67 working residents. 0% of workers have no commute at all; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Belle Valley by day
On a workday 67 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 250 people are in Belle Valley on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Belle Valley’s workforce comes from
Where Belle Valley clocks in
13% of workers
12% 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 Belle Valley: what the 120 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Belle Valley, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 120. 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 Belle Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Belle Valley’s commute takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Belle Valley workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 62 commuters (the 0% 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.
The distance from Belle Valley to work
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 Belle Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Belle Valley?
$48,750 (±$11,567) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Belle Valley?
10.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Belle Valley?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Belle Valley work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Caldwell (15%, 4 mi), Cambridge (13%, 16 mi), Marietta (12%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Belle Valley 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 Belle Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Belle Valley
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.