With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Belfast Township works elsewhere
4% of workers have no commute at all (Pennsylvania 16%). Employers in Belfast Township report 95 jobs, against 567 working residents. Jobs and income earn Belfast Township C−; getting around on foot earns it D−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Belfast Township apart on work
Many Belfast Township workers cross into Maryland
42% of Belfast Township workers work outside Pennsylvania, most of them in Maryland, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Belfast Township is a place people come home to
There are 95 jobs based in Belfast Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Belfast Township has about 870 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Belfast Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Belfast Township is Hagerstown, MD, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (49) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 567 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Belfast Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Belfast Township is better than 21% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Belfast Township’s grade up (9.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.7%) is left out: Belfast Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Belfast Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
9% of working residents work in Hagerstown
Where Belfast Township clocks in
9% 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.
A workday in Belfast Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 559 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere.
About 870 people are in Belfast Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Where in the region Belfast Township works
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.
Jobs in Belfast Township: what the 95 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Belfast Township, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 95. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 36 minutes to work from Belfast Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Belfast Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 615 commuters (the 4% 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.
Few in Belfast Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Belfast Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Belfast 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 638 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). 0.5% of Belfast Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Belfast Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Belfast Township ranks: 3,660th of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
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| 17 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 33 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 3,658 | Richmond Township PA | 1,329 | $69K | 15.0% | 3.6% | 3% | C− |
| 3,659 | Canoe Township PA | 1,407 | $68K | 12.4% | 4.1% | 1% | C− |
| 3,660 | Belfast Township PA | 1,344 | $64K | 9.1% | 3.7% | 1% | C− |
| 3,661 | Manteo NC | 1,585 | $84K | 19.2% | 6.1% | 24% | C− |
| 3,662 | Hamilton Township MI | 1,365 | $65K | 14.4% | 3.6% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Belfast Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work next door: 16% of Belfast Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Bethel Township (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Belfast Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belfast Township | – | C− | D− | 36 min | $64,074 |
| Ayr Township | 7% | C | C | 28 min | $61,818 |
| Brush Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Thompson Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 41 min | $81,932 |
| Licking Creek Township | under 2% | C | C− | 29 min | $78,036 |
| Bethel Township | 9% | C | D | 39 min | $74,856 |
Same-state neighbors only. Brush Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Belfast 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 Belfast Township: questions
What is the median household income in Belfast Township?
$64,074 (±$4,132) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Belfast Township?
9.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Belfast Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Belfast Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hagerstown (9%, 28 mi), Bethel Township (9%, 8 mi), Ayr Township (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Belfast Township walkable?
Belfast Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Belfast 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 Belfast Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Belfast 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.