Belmont Estates has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
The two grades for Belmont Estates are A− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 30 jobs are based in Belmont Estates for 604 working residents. 2% of workers have no commute at all, against 18% across Virginia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Belmont Estates stands out on work
Belmont Estates is a place people come home to
There are 30 jobs based in Belmont Estates, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Belmont Estates has about 590 people in it, 49% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Belmont Estates works in Harrisonburg
202 working residents, 33%, have their main job in Harrisonburg, 2.8 miles away. That’s far more as work in Belmont Estates itself. The commute map ↓
Most Belmont Estates residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. 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 604 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Belmont Estates’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Belmont Estates is better than 76% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Belmont Estates’ grade. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Belmont Estates’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, Belmont Estates could be anywhere from B− to A.
In and out of Belmont Estates on a workday
On a workday 603 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 590 people are in Belmont Estates on a workday afternoon, 49% 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.
33% of working residents work in Harrisonburg
Where Belmont Estates clocks in
33% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Half of Belmont Estates commutes less than 5 miles
About 21% 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.
The kinds of work in Belmont Estates
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Belmont Estates, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 30. 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 Belmont Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Belmont Estates
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Belmont Estates workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 336 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Belmont Estates is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Belmont Estates is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.7% across Virginia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 343 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). 0.0% of Belmont Estates households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Belmont Estates’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Belmont Estates is 539th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | 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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| 11 | Great Falls Crossing VA | 1,414 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Occoquan VA | 1,078 | $134K | 2.1% | 5.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 167 | Kincora VA | 1,008 | $134K | 8.8% | 6.3% | 0% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 537 | Clinton MT | 1,040 | $104K | 3.8% | 4.1% | 3% | A− |
| 538 | Sebewa Township MI | 1,147 | $96K | 4.8% | 4.7% | <1% | A− |
| 539 | Belmont Estates VA | 1,162 | $87K | 6.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A− |
| 540 | Walnut Creek NC | 1,119 | $166K | 6.6% | 1.7% | 1% | A− |
| 541 | Blandford MA | 1,212 | $92K | 5.5% | 0.3% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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 Belmont Estates, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
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 Belmont Estates: questions
What is the median household income in Belmont Estates?
$86,835 (±$17,244) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Belmont Estates?
6.2%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Belmont Estates?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Belmont Estates work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrisonburg (33%, 3 mi), Bridgewater (7%, 5 mi), Dayton (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Belmont Estates walkable?
Belmont Estates is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Belmont Estates 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 Belmont Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Belmont Estates
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.