Work & commute · Bel Aire

Work & commute in Bel Aire, KS

Most working residents leave Bel Aire for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (63%), Riverside (4%) and Waco (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

136 of 3,635 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,499 Bel Aire residents head out of town to work, 136 work right here, and 1,311 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bel Aire.

3,499live here, work elsewhere

136live and work here

1,311work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bel Aire goes to work

Wichita8.2 mi away

63%2,284

Bel Aire (in town)right here

4%136

Riverside13.3 mi away

4%132

Waco15.9 mi away

3%107

Overland Park158.4 mi away

2%62

Park City4.8 mi away

2%55

Andover8.6 mi away

1%51

Topeka120.9 mi away

1%46

Derby15 mi away

1%44

Hutchinson41.2 mi away

1%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%681

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

How far

How far Bel Aire commutes

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

67%

19%

12%

67%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bel Aire is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bel Aire are

1,447 jobs are based in Bel Aire. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bel Aire’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bel Aire

1,447 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Bel Aire residents hold

3,635 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−1%

Jobs based in Bel Aire, 2013 → 2023: 1,456 → 1,447. 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.