Hornbarger Store · Photo: Skye Marthaler · CC BY-SA 3.0Belview has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
83 jobs are based in Belview, against 446 working residents. Hardly any work in Belview; the top destination outside it is Blacksburg (27%, 6 miles). The trip to work takes 24 minutes on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Belview stands out on work
A workday in Belview: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 443 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere.
About 630 people are in Belview on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Out of Belview to work: where people go
Where Belview clocks in
27% of workers
17% 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.
39% of the jobs in Belview make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Belview, 2013 → 2023: 160 → 83. 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 Belview’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Belview
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Belview workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 256 commuters (the 21% 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.
How far Belview goes to work
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.
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 Belview: questions
What is the median household income in Belview?
$55,288 (±$24,442) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Belview?
48.8%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Belview?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Belview work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Blacksburg (27%, 6 mi), Christiansburg (17%, 6 mi), Roanoke (6%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Belview 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 Belview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Belview
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.