Work & commute · Belleville

Work & commute in Belleville, MI

Most working residents leave Belleville for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Ann Arbor (10%), Detroit (8%) and Romulus (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50 of 1,672 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,622 Belleville residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 1,486 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belleville.

1,622live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

1,486work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belleville goes to work

Ann Arbor13.9 mi away

10%175

Detroit23.1 mi away

8%141

Romulus6 mi away

6%94

Livonia14.8 mi away

6%92

Van Buren1.6 mi away

5%86

Dearborn15.8 mi away

4%72

Pittsfield12.1 mi away

3%51

Belleville (in town)right here

3%50

Troy31.6 mi away

3%45

Southfield22.2 mi away

3%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%822

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

How far

How far Belleville commutes

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

26%

51%

14%

26%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belleville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Belleville are

1,536 jobs are based in Belleville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Belleville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Belleville

1,536 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Belleville residents hold

1,672 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−46%

Jobs based in Belleville, 2011 → 2021: 2,825 → 1,536. 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.