Photo: Rauglothgor · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Bellevue (2.1%) is lower than in 83% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Bellevue is better than 89% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (C). About one in ten stay in Bellevue for work; outside it, Green Bay is the main destination (34%, 4 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 20 minutes; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bellevue at work: what stands out
Bellevue trades workers with the towns around it
Bellevue has about as many jobs (7,793) as working residents (7,531), but they are mostly different people: 6,913 residents leave for work each day while 7,175 people come in. Only 8% of the jobs in Bellevue are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Bellevue and Green Bay trade workers both ways
Green Bay is the top workplace for Bellevue residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Bellevue come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Bellevue residents work close to home
67% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Bellevue
The poverty rate is its strongest input (4.0%, U.S. 12.5%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($84,672, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bellevue could be anywhere from A− to A+.
In and out of Bellevue on a workday
On a workday 6,913 residents head out to work, 618 work right here, and 7,175 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 (1.03 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 Bellevue goes to work
Where Bellevue clocks in
34% 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.
The distance from Bellevue to work
About 15% 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.
What work there is in Bellevue: 7,793 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bellevue, 2013 → 2023: 6,868 → 7,793. 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 Bellevue’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way, about the WI average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bellevue workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,932 commuters (the 11% 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.
Few in Bellevue walk, bike or ride to work
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 8,927 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). 3.8% of Bellevue households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bellevue’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Bellevue is 358th among 1,999 U.S. towns of 12,000 to 23,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Greenville WI | 13,388 | $118K | 1.7% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Whitefish Bay WI | 14,489 | $157K | 3.7% | 2.6% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Verona WI | 16,821 | $120K | 1.4% | 1.6% | 21% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 356 | Monroe CT | 19,341 | $157K | 2.6% | 4.9% | 10% | A |
| 357 | Hasbrouck Heights NJ | 12,211 | $124K | 6.0% | 4.4% | 5% | A |
| 358 | Bellevue WI | 16,776 | $85K | 4.0% | 2.1% | 8% | A |
| 359 | Jefferson Township NJ | 20,703 | $120K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 9% | A |
| 360 | Lower Salford Township PA | 16,444 | $146K | 8.8% | 3.0% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,999 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Bellevue, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Bellevue and its neighbors: 37% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Green Bay. Darker towns draw more of Bellevue’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 Bellevue: questions
What is the median household income in Bellevue?
$84,672 (±$4,813) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bellevue?
4.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bellevue?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bellevue work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Green Bay (34%, 4 mi), Ashwaubenon (11%, 7 mi), De Pere (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bellevue walkable?
Bellevue is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bellevue without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bellevue, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bellevue
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.