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Jobs & commute in Beloit

Beloit has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each

Only 1% work in Beloit itself; outside it, Alliance draws the most (13%, 6 miles). Beloit has 177 jobs for 341 working residents. For 2% of workers, the job is at home; Ohio has 13%.

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

What stands out

Beloit at work: what stands out

★ What stands out · Time on the road

The daily trip from Beloit: about 23 minutes

A year of commuting
175 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Beloit23 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
2%

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

About 0 in 10
How Beloit gets to work
94%Drive alone
5%Carpool
1%Walk

Share of the 519 commuters (the 2% 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.

Day and night

The workday shuffle in and out of Beloit

On a workday 336 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere.

336live here, work elsewhere
5live and work here
172work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night890
Workday720
890live here− 340head out to work+ 170come in to work= 720on a workday

About 720 people are in Beloit on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.52jobs 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 Beloit goes to work

BeloitSebring: 33 residents work here (10%)Ravenna: 8 residents work here (2%)Salem: 22 residents work here (6%)Alliance: 46 residents work here (13%)Cleveland: 8 residents work here (2%)Akron: 12 residents work here (4%)Goshen TownshipLake TownshipLexington Township: 14 residents work here (4%)Knox TownshipSmith Township: 13 residents work here (4%)Butler TownshipBoardman Township: 7 residents work here (2%)Maple RidgeAllianceSebringSalemLexington TownshipSmith TownshipAkronBeloit
1
Alliance6.4 mi away
13%46
2
Sebring1.4 mi away
10%33
3
Salem7.8 mi away
6%22
44%14
5
Smith Township2.6 mi away
4%13
6
Akron29.5 mi away
4%12
7
Ravenna21 mi away
2%8
8
Cleveland52.4 mi away
2%8
9
Boardman Township18.7 mi away
2%7
10
Beloit (in town)right here
1%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
51%173
The top trips

Where Beloit 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 Beloit

Jobs based in BeloitJobs Beloit residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms15%27%
Trade, transport & utilities5%18%
Services: health, schools, offices80%55%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less18%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%35%
Over $3,333 a month45%49%

Who does it

29 or younger15%20%
30 to 5447%51%
55 and older38%29%
−32%

Jobs based in Beloit, 2013 → 2023: 261 → 177. 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 Beloit’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

Short hops and long hauls from Beloit

10 mi25 mi50 mi60 miAlliance: 13% · 6.4 miSebring: 10% · 1.4 miSalem: 6% · 7.8 miLexington Township: 4% · 7.8 miSmith Township: 4% · 2.6 miAkron: 4% · 29.5 miRavenna: 2% · 21 miCleveland: 2% · 52.4 miBoardman Township: 2% · 18.7 miAlliance 13%Sebring 10%Salem 6%Lexington Township 4%Smith Township 4%Beloit
BeloitTop destinations (size = commuters)
47%Under 10 mi161 residents
22%10–24 mi74 residents
16%25–50 mi54 residents
15%Over 50 mi51 residents

About 15% 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.

Next door

Beloit and its neighbors: 14% work next door

The biggest share goes to Sebring (10%).

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Beloit23 min
Smith Township24 min
Sebring24 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownBeloit workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Beloit–——23 min$54,583
Sebring10%DC+24 min$49,541
Smith Township4%B+D24 min$69,010

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Beloit’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

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 Beloit: questions

What is the median household income in Beloit?

$54,583 (±$22,518) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Beloit?

9.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Beloit?

23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Beloit work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alliance (13%, 6 mi), Sebring (10%, 1 mi), Salem (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Beloit

Beloit 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.