Photo: Bwsmith84. · CC BY 3.0Household incomes in Belpre are lower than in 82% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 24 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. The poverty rate is 15.8%, where Ohio as a whole has 13.3%. For jobs and income Belpre is better than 26% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (B).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Belpre, in a few figures
Many Belpre workers cross into West Virginia
47% of Belpre workers work outside Ohio, most of them in West Virginia, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Belpre trades workers with the towns around it
Belpre has about as many jobs (2,367) as working residents (2,505), but they are mostly different people: 2,219 residents leave for work each day while 2,081 people come in. Only 12% of the jobs in Belpre are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Many of the people who work in Belpre live in another state
Parkersburg, WV (8%) and Vienna, WV (4%) are among the top places Belpre’s workers come from. Counting only the top ten home towns, 12% of the jobs here are held by people from out of state. The commute map ↓
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.
How Belpre earns its Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Belpre’s grade up (3.1%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($54,592, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Belpre could be anywhere from D to B−.
21% of working residents work in Parkersburg
Where Belpre clocks in
21% of workers
11% of workers
5% 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.
In and out of Belpre on a workday
On a workday 2,219 residents head out to work, 286 work right here, and 2,081 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 (0.94 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.
The kinds of work in Belpre
2,367 jobs are based in Belpre.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Belpre, 2013 → 2023: 1,821 → 2,367. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Belpre: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Belpre workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,861 commuters (the 12% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Belpre
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.
For most of Belpre, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% of 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 3,254 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). 3.3% of Belpre households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Belpre’s commuters take a bus or train.
Belpre next to U.S. towns of 4,700 to 9,000: 2,512th of 3,201 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,510 | Madison Township MI | 7,538 | $70K | 16.2% | 6.7% | 9% | C |
| 2,511 | Homeland CA | 7,584 | $60K | 14.4% | 7.3% | 2% | C |
| 2,512 | Belpre OH | 6,657 | $55K | 15.8% | 3.1% | 11% | C |
| 2,513 | Thetford Township MI | 6,482 | $74K | 15.2% | 10.0% | 2% | C |
| 2,514 | La Cresta CA | 8,389 | $50K | 20.3% | 5.8% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,201 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Belpre and its neighbors: 21% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Belpre workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belpre | – | C | B | 24 min | $54,592 |
| Belpre Township | under 1% | C | D− | 24 min | $78,696 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Parkersburg. Darker towns draw more of Belpre’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: questions
What is the median household income in Belpre?
$54,592 (±$6,598) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Belpre?
15.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Belpre?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Belpre work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Parkersburg (21%, 3 mi), Marietta (11%, 13 mi), Vienna (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Belpre walkable?
Belpre is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 9.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Belpre without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Belpre, from the people who make the trip.
More of Belpre
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.