Households in Belterra earn more than in almost any other U.S. town
Measured by household income, Belterra is among the highest-earning towns in the country. Below the poverty line: 1.5% of residents, against 13.8% across Texas. For jobs and income Belterra is better than 94% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Belterra and work: the main findings
A lot of Belterra works from home
37% of Belterra workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
More than half of Belterra works in Austin
1,629 working residents, 52%, have their main job in Austin, 16 miles away. That’s 52 times as many as work in Belterra itself. The commute map ↓
Belterra is a place people come home to
There are 239 jobs based in Belterra, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Belterra has about 4,100 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Three in four Belterra workers earn over $40,000 a year
77% of Belterra’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. 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.
Where Belterra’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Household income is its strongest input ($219,727, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Belterra could be anywhere from A− to A+.
About 29 minutes to work from Belterra
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Belterra workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,088 commuters (the 37% 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.
52% of working residents work in Austin
Where Belterra clocks in
52% of workers
7% 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.
In and out of Belterra on a workday
On a workday 3,134 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 212 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Belterra on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.
0.08 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
239 jobs are based in Belterra.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Belterra, 2013 → 2023: 96 → 239. 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 Belterra’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Belterra commutes less than 16 miles
About 19% 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.
Belterra is a driving town
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,317 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). 2.8% of Belterra households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Belterra’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Belterra is 268th among 3,167 U.S. towns of 4,900 to 9,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 266 | Wyoming MN | 8,121 | $108K | 3.7% | 2.8% | 6% | A |
| 267 | Briarcliff Manor NY | 7,481 | $230K | 7.1% | 3.1% | 4% | A |
| 268 | Belterra TX | 6,978 | $220K | 1.5% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
| 269 | Richland Township MI | 9,116 | $106K | 2.6% | 1.5% | 7% | A |
| 270 | Stratham NH | 7,735 | $152K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,167 | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Belterra, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Next door to Belterra
The biggest share goes to Dripping Springs (7%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Belterra workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belterra | – | A | C− | 29 min | $219,727 |
| Dripping Springs | 7% | A | B+ | 27 min | $109,364 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Belterra’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 Belterra: questions
What is the median household income in Belterra?
$219,727 (±$24,820) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Belterra?
1.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Belterra?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 37% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Belterra work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Austin (52%, 16 mi), Dripping Springs (7%, 6 mi), San Antonio (4%, 60 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Belterra walkable?
Belterra is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Belterra without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Belterra, from the people who make the trip.
More of Belterra
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.