Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0At 0.5%, unemployment in Bellville is lower than in 97% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Bellville; the top destination outside it is Houston (19%, 53 miles). The two grades for Bellville are B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. For 4% of workers, the job is at home, against 14% across Texas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Bellville
Bellville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Bellville is Houston, 53 miles away as the crow flies. 19% of working residents (380) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Bellville trades workers with the towns around it
Bellville has about as many jobs (2,032) as working residents (1,987), but they are mostly different people: 1,717 residents leave for work each day while 1,762 people come in. Only 13% of the jobs in Bellville are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. 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.
Why Bellville gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bellville is better than 54% of U.S. towns, #278 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment holds Bellville’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($59,583, 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, Bellville could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Bellville
About 34% 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.
Who commutes out of Bellville, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,717 residents head out to work, 270 work right here, and 1,762 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 (1.02 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.
Where the trip to work from Bellville ends
Where Bellville clocks in
19% of workers
8% 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.
What work there is in Bellville: 2,032 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bellville, 2013 → 2023: 2,163 → 2,032. 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 Bellville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Bellville: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bellville workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,469 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
Most trips from Bellville start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bellville is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns, #359 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,538 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). 5.2% of Bellville households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bellville’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Bellville ranks: 1,872nd of 3,908 U.S. towns of 3,100 to 5,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 6 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,870 | Enfield NH | 4,470 | $95K | 16.6% | 0.0% | 7% | B− |
| 1,871 | Glen Raven NC | 3,506 | $63K | 16.7% | 1.8% | 1% | B− |
| 1,872 | Bellville TX | 4,379 | $60K | 9.1% | 0.5% | 14% | B− |
| 1,873 | Haverhill NH | 4,667 | $86K | 11.4% | 0.8% | 27% | B− |
| 1,874 | Wayne Township OH | 4,958 | $79K | 5.0% | 5.0% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,908 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Bellville, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
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 Bellville: questions
What is the median household income in Bellville?
$59,583 (±$11,382) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bellville?
9.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bellville?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bellville work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (19%, 53 mi), Brenham (8%, 17 mi), Austin (5%, 93 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bellville walkable?
Bellville is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bellville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bellville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bellville
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.