Work & commute · Bellaire

Work & commute in Bellaire, MI

Most working residents leave Bellaire for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Kearney (23%), Central Lake (7%) and Traverse City (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

72 of 407 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 335 Bellaire residents head out of town to work, 72 work right here, and 659 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bellaire.

335live here, work elsewhere

72live and work here

659work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bellaire goes to work

Kearney3.7 mi away

23%92

Central Lake8.3 mi away

7%29

Traverse City24.7 mi away

7%28

Elk Rapids11 mi away

5%21

Forest Home2.8 mi away

5%19

Mancelona12.1 mi away

3%13

East Jordan14 mi away

3%12

Kalkaska16.2 mi away

3%12

Gaylord25.7 mi away

2%8

Charlevoix23.8 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%166

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

How far

How far Bellaire commutes

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

41%

24%

15%

21%

41%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bellaire is a job hub

1.80jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bellaire are

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

Jobs based in Bellaire

731 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Bellaire residents hold

407 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−8%

Jobs based in Bellaire, 2011 → 2021: 791 → 731. 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.