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Jobs & commute in Belmore

Belmore has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each

Belmore has 11 jobs; 35 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Belmore for work; outside it, McComb is the main destination (9%, 9 miles). 0% of workers work from home, where Ohio as a whole has 13%.

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

Day and night

A workday in Belmore: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 35 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.

35live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
11work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night63
Workday39
63live here− 35head out to work+ 11come in to work= 39on a workday

About 39 people are in Belmore on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.31jobs 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

Where Belmore goes to work

Atwater: 1 residents work here (3%)Palm Springs: 1 residents work here (3%)Fort Wayne: 1 residents work here (3%)Miller City: 2 residents work here (6%)BelmoreMcComb: 3 residents work here (9%)PandoraColumbus GroveLeipsic: 2 residents work here (6%)OttawaWhitehallLima: 2 residents work here (6%)DefianceFindlay: 2 residents work here (6%)MansfieldBeavercreekColumbus: 2 residents work here (6%)Allen Township: 3 residents work here (9%)Beavercreek TownshipOttawa TownshipMcCombAllen TownshipMiller CityLeipsicLimaFindlayBelmore
1
McComb8.7 mi away
9%3
2
Allen Township15.1 mi away
9%3
3
Miller City10.4 mi away
6%2
4
Leipsic3.2 mi away
6%2
5
Lima30 mi away
6%2
6
Findlay17.5 mi away
6%2
7
Columbus95.1 mi away
6%2
8
Atwater, CA1963.9 mi away
3%1
9
Palm Springs, FL1026.8 mi away
3%1
10
Fort Wayne, IN62.7 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%16
The top trips

Where Belmore 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

Services make up most of the work in Belmore

Jobs based in BelmoreJobs Belmore residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%51%
Trade, transport & utilities0%20%
Services: health, schools, offices100%29%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less55%6%
$1,251–$3,333 a month45%37%
Over $3,333 a month0%57%

Who does it

29 or younger55%26%
30 to 549%57%
55 and older36%17%

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 Belmore’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Each way, about 25 minutes from Belmore

A year of commuting
189 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Belmore25 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Belmore gets to work
76%Drive alone
24%Carpool

Share of the 46 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.

How far

How far Belmore’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMcComb: 9% · 8.7 miAllen Township: 9% · 15.1 miMiller City: 6% · 10.4 miLeipsic: 6% · 3.2 miLima: 6% · 30 miFindlay: 6% · 17.5 miColumbus: 6% · 95.1 miAtwater: 3% · 1963.9 miPalm Springs: 3% · 1026.8 miFort Wayne: 3% · 62.7 miMcComb 9%Allen Township 9%Miller City 6%Leipsic 6%Lima 6%Belmore
BelmoreTop destinations (size = commuters)
23%Under 10 mi8 residents
29%10–24 mi10 residents
17%25–50 mi6 residents
31%Over 50 mi11 residents

About 31% 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 Belmore: questions

What is the median household income in Belmore?

$60,000 (±$22,349) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Belmore?

19.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Belmore?

25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Belmore work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McComb (9%, 9 mi), Allen Township (9%, 15 mi), Miller City (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Belmore 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 Belmore, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Belmore

Belmore 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.