Work & commute · Bellevue

Work & commute in Bellevue, KY

Most working residents leave Bellevue for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (22%), Newport (7%) and Covington (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

153 of 3,088 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,935 Bellevue residents head out of town to work, 153 work right here, and 1,172 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bellevue.

2,935live here, work elsewhere

153live and work here

1,172work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bellevue goes to work

Cincinnati, OH3.1 mi away

22%672

Newport1.2 mi away

7%213

Covington5.1 mi away

5%155

Bellevue (in town)right here

5%153

Florence11.8 mi away

4%133

Lexington-Fayette urban county73.3 mi away

2%61

Blue Ash, OH11.1 mi away

2%58

Fort Thomas1.7 mi away

2%54

Hebron12.6 mi away

1%45

Fort Wright5 mi away

1%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,500

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.

60%

25%

13%

60%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bellevue is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bellevue are

1,325 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

1,325 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Bellevue residents hold

3,088 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+10%

Jobs based in Bellevue, 2013 → 2023: 1,209 → 1,325. 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.