Jobs, income and commuting in Belleville, PA
About one in seven work in Belleville; the top destination outside it is Union Township (26%, 1 miles). For 9% of workers, the job is at home (Pennsylvania 16%). The trip to work takes 14 minutes on average; Pennsylvania averages 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Belleville, in a few figures
Commutes from Belleville are quick
The average trip to work takes 14 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 92 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Belleville makes and builds things
42% of the jobs based in Belleville are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Belleville residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 38%. 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; with 640 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How long Belleville spends getting to work: about 14 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Belleville workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 699 commuters (the 9% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 42% of the jobs in Belleville
874 jobs are based in Belleville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Belleville, 2013 → 2023: 668 → 874. 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 Belleville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Belleville on a workday
On a workday 535 residents head out to work, 105 work right here, and 769 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Belleville on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 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 places Belleville commutes to
Where Belleville 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.
How far Belleville’s workers travel
About 25% 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 Belleville: questions
What is the median household income in Belleville?
$65,677 (±$7,993) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Belleville?
8.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Belleville?
14 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Belleville work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Union Township (26%, 1 mi), Menno Township (6%, 5 mi), Brown Township (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Belleville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Belleville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Belleville
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.