Work & commute · Belding

Work & commute in Belding, MI

Most working residents leave Belding for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (13%), Greenville (7%) and Ionia (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

247 of 2,609 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,362 Belding residents head out of town to work, 247 work right here, and 1,448 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belding.

2,362live here, work elsewhere

247live and work here

1,448work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belding goes to work

Grand Rapids23.3 mi away

13%329

Belding (in town)right here

9%247

Greenville5.8 mi away

7%171

Ionia11.5 mi away

5%132

Cascade18.9 mi away

4%92

Lansing43.1 mi away

3%84

Kentwood23.3 mi away

3%72

Otisco1.9 mi away

3%66

Wyoming27.9 mi away

2%63

Lowell12.5 mi away

2%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,291

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

How far

How far Belding commutes

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

21%

43%

20%

15%

21%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belding is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Belding are

1,695 jobs are based in Belding. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Belding’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Belding

1,695 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Belding residents hold

2,609 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

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Jobs based in Belding, 2011 → 2021: 1,701 → 1,695. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.