Photo: Bwsmith84. · CC BY 3.0Belpre Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Jobs and income earn Belpre Township C; getting around on foot earns it D−. Belpre Township has 572 jobs; 1,590 of its residents have a job. Only 4% work in Belpre Township itself; outside it, Parkersburg draws the most (19%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Belpre Township apart
A lot of Belpre Township workers cross into West Virginia
32% of Belpre Township workers work outside Ohio, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Parkersburg (19%) and Vienna (2%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Belpre Township makes and builds things
38% of the jobs based in Belpre Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Belpre Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. 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.
The figures behind Belpre Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Belpre Township is better than 34% of U.S. towns, #785 of 992 in Ohio. Household income holds Belpre Township’s grade up ($78,696, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 15% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Belpre Township could be anywhere from D to A−.
Where people from Belpre Township work
Where Belpre Township clocks in
19% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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.
38% of the jobs in Belpre Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Belpre Township, 2013 → 2023: 539 → 572. 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 Belpre Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Belpre Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,533 residents head out to work, 57 work right here, and 515 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Belpre Township on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer 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.
The daily trip from Belpre Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Belpre Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,391 commuters (the 13% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Belpre Township
About 26% 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.
Most of Belpre Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Belpre Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns, #978 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Belpre Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,596 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). 0.0% of Belpre Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Belpre Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,884th of 4,264: where Belpre Township ranks among U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 50 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 59 | Beechwood Trails OH | 3,133 | $111K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 81 | Guilford Township OH | 3,158 | $112K | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,882 | White Creek NY | 3,274 | $73K | 8.3% | 4.5% | 13% | C |
| 2,883 | Copake NY | 3,205 | $114K | 13.5% | 5.7% | 11% | C |
| 2,884 | Belpre Township OH | 3,815 | $79K | 9.8% | 5.1% | 4% | C |
| 2,885 | Dansville NY | 4,342 | $57K | 6.7% | 4.8% | 21% | C |
| 2,886 | Ulysses NY | 4,728 | $71K | 6.6% | 8.1% | 12% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,264 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Belpre Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Belpre Township
The biggest share goes to Belpre (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Belpre Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belpre Township | – | C | D− | 24 min | $78,696 |
| Belpre | 9% | C | B | 24 min | $54,592 |
| Dunham Township | under 2% | B | D− | 28 min | $71,063 |
| Decatur Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 36 min | $72,554 |
| Troy Township | under 2% | C− | D | 27 min | $56,389 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Belpre Township’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 Belpre Township: questions
What is the median household income in Belpre Township?
$78,696 (±$20,023) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Belpre Township?
9.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Belpre Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Belpre Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Parkersburg (19%, 7 mi), Marietta (11%, 15 mi), Belpre (9%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Belpre Township walkable?
Belpre Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Belpre Township 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 Belpre Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Belpre Township
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.