Belmont · Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Belmont are among the highest of any U.S. town
Poverty touches 2.1% of residents, next to 9.9% for Virginia as a whole. Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. Belmont grades A+ for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Belmont, in brief
Jobs in Belmont have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Belmont went from 824 in 2013 to 1,842 in 2023, +124%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Belmont works from home
33% of Belmont workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Time on the road ↓
No single place dominates Belmont’s commute
The biggest draw, Reston, gets only 7% of working residents, and 51% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Belmont residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Belmont empties out on a workday
About 6,200 people are in Belmont on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than the 9,700 who live here: 5,300 head out to work and 1,700 come in. Day and night ↓
Nearly all the work in Belmont is services
88% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 3% are in factories, building or farms. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Belmont
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Belmont is among the top U.S. towns, #7 of 253 in Virginia. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Belmont’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Belmont stays A+.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Belmont
1,842 jobs are based in Belmont.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Belmont, 2013 → 2023: 824 → 1,842. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Belmont’s commute takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Belmont workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,704 commuters (the 33% 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.
7% of working residents work in Reston
Where Belmont clocks in
7% of workers
7% 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.
How many people are in Belmont by day
On a workday 5,300 residents head out to work, 102 work right here, and 1,740 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,200 people are in Belmont on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.34 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.
Where in the region Belmont works
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.
Getting around Belmont: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Belmont is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns, #173 of 253 in Virginia. Both inputs place Belmont near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,531 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 2.4% of Belmont households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Belmont’s commuters take a bus or train.
Belmont next to U.S. towns of 6,800 to 13,100: 15th of 2,780 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 6 | Difficult Run VA | 9,938 | $250K | 1.4% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
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| 13 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| 14 | Scaggsville MD | 10,564 | $207K | 2.9% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 15 | Belmont VA | 9,729 | $243K | 2.1% | 1.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 16 | Piedmont CA | 10,642 | $250K | 4.3% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| 17 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
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| 20 | Long Branch VA | 7,034 | $185K | 1.6% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 40 | Wakefield VA | 11,930 | $238K | 1.8% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,780 | 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 Belmont, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Belmont and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Ashburn (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Belmont workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont | – | A+ | B | 32 min | $242,542 |
| Ashburn | 6% | A+ | A− | 27 min | $154,978 |
| Goose Creek Village | under 3% | A− | B | 31 min | $198,631 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Belmont’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 Belmont: questions
What is the median household income in Belmont?
$242,542 (±$18,054) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Belmont?
2.1%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Belmont?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Belmont work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reston (7%, 11 mi), Tysons (7%, 18 mi), Washington (7%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Belmont walkable?
Belmont is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Belmont without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Belmont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Belmont
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.