Photo: User:OHWiki · Public domainBellville’s household incomes are lower than in 62% of U.S. towns
Only 8% stay in Bellville for work; outside it, Mansfield is the main destination (19%, 10 miles). Below the poverty line: 11.8% of residents, next to 13.3% for Ohio as a whole. The two grades for Bellville are C+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Bellville: the figures worth knowing
Bellville and Mansfield trade workers both ways
Mansfield is the top workplace for Bellville residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Bellville come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Many jobs in Bellville pay little
37% of the jobs based in Bellville pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 40% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Bellville
56% of Bellville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 27% of the jobs based in Bellville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 92% 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 725 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Bellville’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Bellville is better than 37% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Bellville’s grade.
Unemployment (3.6%) is left out: Bellville’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bellville could be anywhere from C− to B.
The towns that employ Bellville’s residents
Where Bellville clocks in
19% of workers
8% 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 Bellville: what the 888 are
888 jobs are based in Bellville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bellville, 2013 → 2023: 728 → 888. 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 Bellville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Bellville, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 670 residents head out to work, 55 work right here, and 833 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 (1.22 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.
A commute of about 28 minutes in Bellville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bellville workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 885 commuters (the 6% 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.
How far it is to work from Bellville
About 24% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Bellville, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bellville is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 937 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.9% of Bellville households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bellville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bellville is 2,977th of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,975 | Wells MN | 2,395 | $60K | 8.7% | 3.4% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,976 | Connelly Springs NC | 1,550 | $55K | 9.2% | 10.9% | 0% | C+ |
| 2,977 | Bellville OH | 2,013 | $67K | 11.8% | 3.6% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,978 | Mont Alto PA | 1,563 | $81K | 10.0% | 7.7% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,979 | Tyrone Township PA | 1,958 | $70K | 9.8% | 4.0% | 5% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | 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 Bellville, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work in the towns next to Bellville
The biggest share goes to Jefferson Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bellville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellville | – | C+ | C− | 28 min | $67,396 |
| Jefferson Township | 4% | B− | D | 27 min | $71,845 |
| Washington Township | 2% | B+ | C | 21 min | $89,333 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bellville’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 Bellville: questions
What is the median household income in Bellville?
$67,396 (±$15,226) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bellville?
11.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bellville?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bellville work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mansfield (19%, 10 mi), Columbus (8%, 50 mi), Mount Vernon (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bellville walkable?
Bellville is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bellville 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 Bellville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bellville
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.