Work & commute · Bellville

Work & commute in Bellville, TX

Most working residents leave Bellville for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (19%), Brenham (8%) and Austin (5%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

270 of 1,987 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,717 Bellville residents head out of town to work, 270 work right here, and 1,762 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bellville.

1,717live here, work elsewhere

270live and work here

1,762work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bellville goes to work

Houston53.3 mi away

19%380

Bellville (in town)right here

14%270

Brenham16.7 mi away

8%153

Austin92.6 mi away

5%90

Sealy13.9 mi away

3%50

Katy27.2 mi away

2%30

College Station44.2 mi away

2%30

Bryan50.2 mi away

1%26

Waller21.4 mi away

1%16

Sugar Land44.8 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%927

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

How far

How far Bellville commutes

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

21%

19%

27%

34%

21%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bellville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bellville are

2,032 jobs are based in Bellville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bellville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bellville

2,032 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Bellville residents hold

1,987 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−6%

Jobs based in Bellville, 2013 → 2023: 2,163 → 2,032. 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.