Photo: Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0Belleville has lower unemployment (0.9%) than 95% of U.S. towns
Commuters spend 25 minutes getting to work on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. Jobs and income earn Belleville A; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 5% stay in Belleville for work; outside it, Madison is the main destination (35%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Belleville: the figures worth knowing
Belleville trades workers with the towns around it
Belleville has about as many jobs (1,159) as working residents (1,318), but they are mostly different people: 1,251 residents leave for work each day while 1,092 people come in. Only 6% of the jobs in Belleville are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Belleville works in Madison
456 working residents, 35%, have their main job in Madison, 17 miles away. That’s 7 times as many as work in Belleville itself. The commute map ↓
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 Belleville’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Belleville is better than 91% of U.S. towns, #97 of 362 in Wisconsin. Unemployment is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($88,304, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Belleville could be anywhere from A− to A+.
How a workday changes Belleville
On a workday 1,251 residents head out to work, 67 work right here, and 1,092 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).
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 Belleville’s working residents head each day
Where Belleville clocks in
35% 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.
65% of the jobs in Belleville pay over $3,333 a month
1,159 jobs are based in Belleville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Belleville, 2013 → 2023: 1,078 → 1,159. 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 Belleville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes to work from Belleville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Belleville workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,095 commuters (the 19% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Belleville
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.
For most of Belleville, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Belleville is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns, #303 of 362 in Wisconsin. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.8% across Wisconsin.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,345 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). 8.5% of Belleville households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Belleville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,969 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700, Belleville comes 350th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 32 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | Sun Prairie WI | 2,291 | $127K | 2.0% | 1.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 348 | Beaver Lake NE | 2,114 | $122K | 1.7% | 3.0% | 3% | A |
| 349 | Riverton IL | 3,471 | $81K | 0.9% | 0.0% | 6% | A |
| 350 | Belleville WI | 2,705 | $88K | 4.0% | 0.9% | 5% | A |
| 351 | Clifton WI | 2,289 | $123K | 4.3% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| 352 | Lake Lotawana MO | 2,756 | $166K | 2.3% | 4.4% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Belleville, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Belleville and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Montrose (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Belleville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belleville | – | A | C− | 25 min | $88,304 |
| Montrose | 2% | A | B | 25 min | $102,000 |
| Exeter | under 2% | A | D | 27 min | $114,688 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Belleville’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 Belleville: questions
What is the median household income in Belleville?
$88,304 (±$10,654) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Belleville?
4.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Belleville?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Belleville work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (35%, 16 mi), Verona (8%, 9 mi), Fitchburg (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Belleville walkable?
Belleville is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Belleville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Belleville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Belleville
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.