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Work & commute · Belle

Work & commute in Belle, NE

Most working residents leave Belle for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Stuart (33%), Atkinson (17%) and O'Neill (17%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
17%
2 of 12 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10 Belle residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belle.

10live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
60work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Belle goes to work

PuebloRandolphStuartAtkinsonO'NeillSheridanGrattanPleasant ViewEmmetStuartBelleRock FallsSaratogaStuartAtkinsonO'NeillStuartBelle
1
Stuart15.6 mi away
33%4
2
Atkinson11.1 mi away
17%2
3
O'Neill17 mi away
17%2
4
Belle (in town)right here
17%2
5
Stuart16.7 mi away
8%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
8%1

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

How far

How far Belle commutes

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

17%Under 10 mi
75%10–24 mi
0%25–50 mi
8%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Belle is a job hub

5.17jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Belle are

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

Jobs based in Belle

62 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)98%
Trade, transport & utilities2%
Services (health, schools, offices…)0%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month6%
Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Belle residents hold

12 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less25%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%
Over $3,333 a month75%
+1450%

Jobs based in Belle, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 62. 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.

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