Work & commute · Belvue

Work & commute in Belvue, KS

Most working residents leave Belvue for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are St. Marys (26%), Topeka (15%) and St. Marys (10%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 61 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 57 Belvue residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 540 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belvue.

57live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

540work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belvue goes to work

St. Marys6.3 mi away

26%16

Topeka28.8 mi away

15%9

St. Marys5.3 mi away

10%6

Belvue (in town)right here

7%4

Wamego7.1 mi away

5%3

Manhattan22.9 mi away

5%3

Lenexa75.8 mi away

5%3

Emporia56.2 mi away

3%2

Emmett9 mi away

2%1

Bern52.7 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%13

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

How far

How far Belvue commutes

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

49%

16%

28%

49%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belvue is a job hub

8.92jobs per working resident

A job hub

8.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Belvue are

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

Jobs based in Belvue

544 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)89%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)1%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month5%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Belvue residents hold

61 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+80%

Jobs based in Belvue, 2013 → 2023: 302 → 544. 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.