Work & commute · Belton

Work & commute in Belton, TX

Most working residents leave Belton for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Temple (24%), Austin (8%) and Killeen (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

1,454 of 8,839 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,385 Belton residents head out of town to work, 1,454 work right here, and 10,985 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belton.

7,385live here, work elsewhere

1,454live and work here

10,985work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belton goes to work

Temple6.5 mi away

24%2,101

Belton (in town)right here

16%1,454

Austin54.6 mi away

8%729

Killeen15 mi away

4%370

Waco38.9 mi away

4%332

San Antonio126.3 mi away

3%239

Houston152.2 mi away

2%198

Harker Heights9.8 mi away

2%168

Round Rock38 mi away

2%167

Georgetown29.6 mi away

2%160

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%2,921

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

How far

How far Belton commutes

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

42%

10%

15%

33%

42%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Belton are

12,439 jobs are based in Belton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Belton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Belton

12,439 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Belton residents hold

8,839 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+42%

Jobs based in Belton, 2013 → 2023: 8,750 → 12,439. 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.