Work & commute · Bellmead

Work & commute in Bellmead, TX

Most working residents leave Bellmead for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Waco (40%), Austin (4%) and Dallas (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

209 of 4,361 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 4,152 Bellmead residents head out of town to work, 209 work right here, and 3,049 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bellmead.

4,152live here, work elsewhere

209live and work here

3,049work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bellmead goes to work

Waco6.6 mi away

40%1,742

Bellmead (in town)right here

5%209

Austin98.3 mi away

4%186

Dallas84.5 mi away

4%154

Fort Worth83 mi away

3%113

Lacy-Lakeview2.3 mi away

2%108

Temple38.6 mi away

2%103

Houston161.1 mi away

2%94

Woodway11 mi away

2%83

Hewitt12.1 mi away

1%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,507

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

How far

How far Bellmead commutes

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

49%

38%

49%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bellmead is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bellmead are

3,258 jobs are based in Bellmead. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bellmead’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bellmead

3,258 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Bellmead residents hold

4,361 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+1%

Jobs based in Bellmead, 2013 → 2023: 3,211 → 3,258. 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.