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Jobs & commute in Belmont

Belmont has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Belmont has 61 jobs, and 189 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Belmont; the top destination outside it is Union Township (14%, 4 miles). 1% of workers work from home (Ohio 13%).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who leaves Belmont for work, and who comes in

On a workday 187 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere.

187live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
59work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night400
Workday270
400live here− 190head out to work+ 59come in to work= 270on a workday

About 270 people are in Belmont on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.32jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Out of Belmont to work: where people go

New AthensBelmontBethesda: 3 residents work here (2%)ShadysideBellaire: 4 residents work here (2%)Barnesville: 7 residents work here (4%)St. Clairsville: 9 residents work here (5%)CadizColumbus: 3 residents work here (2%)Pittsburgh: 3 residents work here (2%)Wheeling: 12 residents work here (6%)Richland Township: 25 residents work here (13%)Mead TownshipUnion Township: 27 residents work here (14%)Goshen Township: 4 residents work here (2%)Union TownshipRichland TownshipWheelingSt. ClairsvilleBarnesvilleBellaireBelmont
1
Union Township3.9 mi away
14%27
213%25
3
Wheeling, WV18.7 mi away
6%12
4
St. Clairsville8.3 mi away
5%9
5
Barnesville7.4 mi away
4%7
6
Bellaire15.6 mi away
2%4
72%4
8
Bethesda1.9 mi away
2%3
9
Columbus103 mi away
2%3
10
Pittsburgh, PA63 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%92
The top trips

Where Belmont clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Jobs in Belmont: what the 61 are

Jobs based in BelmontJobs Belmont residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms3%21%
Trade, transport & utilities72%24%
Services: health, schools, offices25%56%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less15%19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%31%
Over $3,333 a month44%50%

Who does it

29 or younger25%29%
30 to 5451%50%
55 and older25%22%
+103%

Jobs based in Belmont, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 61. 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 Belmont’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Getting to work from Belmont takes about 24 minutes

A year of commuting
185 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Belmont24 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
1%

of Belmont workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Belmont gets to work
96%Drive alone
3%Carpool
1%Transit

Share of the 159 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.

How far

Miles to work from Belmont

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miUnion Township: 14% · 3.9 miRichland Township: 13% · 7.3 miWheeling: 6% · 18.7 miSt. Clairsville: 5% · 8.3 miBarnesville: 4% · 7.4 miBellaire: 2% · 15.6 miGoshen Township: 2% · 3 miBethesda: 2% · 1.9 miColumbus: 2% · 103 miPittsburgh: 2% · 63 miUnion Township 14%Richland Township 13%Wheeling 6%St. Clairsville 5%Barnesville 4%Belmont
BelmontTop destinations (size = commuters)
47%Under 10 mi83 residents
15%10–24 mi27 residents
9%25–50 mi16 residents
28%Over 50 mi50 residents

About 28% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Belmont: questions

What is the median household income in Belmont?

$71,875 (±$13,483) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Belmont?

8.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Belmont?

24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Belmont work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Union Township (14%, 4 mi), Richland Township (13%, 7 mi), Wheeling (6%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Belmont without a car?

1% of commuters take transit and 1% 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.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Belmont

Belmont home →

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.