Work & commute · Bellevue

Work & commute in Bellevue, IA

Most working residents leave Bellevue for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Dubuque (25%), Maquoketa (6%) and Cedar Rapids (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

221 of 1,165 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 944 Bellevue residents head out of town to work, 221 work right here, and 620 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bellevue.

944live here, work elsewhere

221live and work here

620work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bellevue goes to work

Dubuque21.7 mi away

25%296

Bellevue (in town)right here

19%221

Maquoketa18.2 mi away

6%66

Cedar Rapids67.1 mi away

5%63

Davenport49.4 mi away

3%37

Springbrook6.9 mi away

3%32

Clinton30.4 mi away

2%21

Preston14.6 mi away

1%17

Dyersville38.2 mi away

1%16

Iowa City70.2 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%380

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Bellevue commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

28%

38%

11%

24%

28%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bellevue is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.72 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bellevue are

841 jobs are based in Bellevue. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bellevue’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bellevue

841 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Bellevue residents hold

1,165 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+25%

Jobs based in Bellevue, 2013 → 2023: 672 → 841. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.