Most of Belfast commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Belfast report 170 jobs, and 597 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Belfast; the top destination outside it is Hanover Township (4%, 10 miles). 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Belfast: the gist
Belfast is a place people come home to
There are 170 jobs based in Belfast, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Belfast has about 720 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Belfast workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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; with 597 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Belfast by day and by night
On a workday 590 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Belfast on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
About 23 minutes each way for Belfast’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Belfast workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 550 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where Belfast goes to work
Where Belfast clocks in
4% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
What Belfast’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Belfast, 2013 → 2023: 243 → 170. 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 Belfast’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Belfast’s commute, mile by mile
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.
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 Belfast: questions
What is the median household income in Belfast?
$77,647 (±$56,042) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Belfast?
9.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Belfast?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Belfast work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hanover Township (4%, 10 mi), Plainfield Township (4%, 3 mi), Bethlehem (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Belfast without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Belfast, from the people who make the trip.
More of Belfast
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.