Bellevue has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B: better than 60% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #579 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania.
Walkability A: more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns · #108 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania.
Household incomes here are lower than in 60% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 22 minutes each way (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26). Only 3% work in Bellevue; the top destination outside it is Pittsburgh (39%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Bellevue, in brief
A lot of Bellevue works one town over
44% of working residents work in a town that borders Bellevue: Pittsburgh (39%), Ross Township (4%) and Avalon (1%). Next door ↓
Most Bellevue residents work close to home
72% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 8% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Bellevue empties out on a workday
About 5,200 people are in Bellevue on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than the 7,900 who live here: 4,200 head out to work and 1,500 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
What’s behind Bellevue’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bellevue is better than 60% of U.S. towns, #579 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Bellevue’s grade up (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($68,827, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bellevue could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Half of Bellevue commutes less than 6 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Bellevue quiets down on a workday
On a workday 4,182 residents head out to work, 128 work right here, and 1,463 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,200 people are in Bellevue on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.37 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
39% of working residents work in Pittsburgh
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Bellevue clocks in
39% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
1,591 jobs are based in Bellevue. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bellevue’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bellevue, 2013 → 2023: 1,525 → 1,591. 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.
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bellevue workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,574 commuters (the 22% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Bellevue is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bellevue is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns, #108 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 6.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,599 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 13.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 96% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 11.6% of Bellevue households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Bellevue’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bellevue is 1,451st of 3,026 U.S. towns of 5,500 to 10,600 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bellevue, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
| # | 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 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,449 | Walnut Township OH | 7,051 | $75K | 6.4% | 5.0% | 6% | B |
| 1,450 | Countryside IL | 6,260 | $81K | 10.0% | 6.6% | 4% | B |
| 1,451 | Bellevue PA | 7,888 | $69K | 9.4% | 4.7% | 3% | B |
| 1,452 | Adams Township PA | 5,558 | $70K | 10.7% | 0.5% | 10% | B |
| 1,453 | Lincoln Village OH | 8,928 | $54K | 11.7% | 2.6% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,026 | 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.
44% of Bellevue works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Pittsburgh (39%). Darker towns draw more of Bellevue’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bellevue workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevue | – | B | A | 22 min | $68,827 |
| Ross Township | 4% | A− | A− | 24 min | $92,642 |
| Pittsburgh | 39% | C+ | A+ | 23 min | $65,742 |
| Avalon | 1% | B− | A+ | 24 min | $51,250 |
| Stowe Township | under 2% | C− | A+ | 23 min | $52,971 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Bellevue: questions
What is the median household income in Bellevue?
$68,827 (±$5,645) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bellevue?
9.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bellevue?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bellevue work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (39%, 6 mi), Ross Township (4%, 3 mi), McCandless Township (2%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bellevue walkable?
Bellevue is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 15.6 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bellevue without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bellevue, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bellevue
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.