Photo: The original uploader was Royalbroil at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 2.5Most of Belgium commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Belgium report 135 jobs, against 691 working residents. Belgium grades A for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 2% work in Belgium itself; outside it, Milwaukee draws the most (13%, 29 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Belgium in brief
Belgium is a place people come home to
There are 135 jobs based in Belgium, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Belgium has about 890 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Belgium’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Belgium is Milwaukee, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (92) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 691 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Belgium
On income, poverty and job access, Belgium is better than 87% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (2.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 61% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.9%) is left out: Belgium’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, Belgium could be anywhere from B+ to A.
A workday in Belgium: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 679 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 123 people come in from elsewhere.
About 890 people are in Belgium on a workday afternoon, 38% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The distance from Belgium to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The towns that employ Belgium’s residents
Where Belgium clocks in
13% of workers
9% 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.
Making and building: 62% of jobs based in Belgium
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Belgium, 2014 → 2024: 181 → 135. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Belgium’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Belgium spends getting to work: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Belgium workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 910 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% 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.
Belgium is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Belgium is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Belgium 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 972 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). 0.4% of Belgium households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Belgium’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Belgium is 408th among 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
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| 29 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 406 | Yalaha FL | 1,404 | $121K | 0.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A |
| 407 | Cataula GA | 1,522 | $124K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 408 | Belgium WI | 1,450 | $92K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A |
| 409 | Brillion WI | 1,644 | $91K | 2.3% | 0.3% | 3% | A |
| 410 | Clermont GA | 1,165 | $136K | 4.7% | 3.1% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Belgium, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Next door to Belgium
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Belgium workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | – | A | D | 19 min | $91,875 |
| Port Washington | under 3% | B+ | C | 20 min | $82,727 |
| Holland | under 3% | A− | C+ | 25 min | $92,250 |
| Fredonia | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fredonia: the same community as the village of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Belgium’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 2024, 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 Belgium: questions
What is the median household income in Belgium?
$91,875 (±$20,755) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Belgium?
2.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Belgium?
19 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Belgium work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milwaukee (13%, 29 mi), Port Washington (9%, 6 mi), Grafton (7%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Belgium walkable?
Belgium is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Belgium without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Belgium, from the people who make the trip.
More of Belgium
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.