Work & commute · Belgium

Work & commute in Belgium, WI

Most working residents leave Belgium for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (13%), Port Washington (9%) and Grafton (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

79 of 1,169 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,090 Belgium residents head out of town to work, 79 work right here, and 376 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belgium.

1,090live here, work elsewhere

79live and work here

376work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belgium goes to work

Milwaukee30.9 mi away

13%154

Port Washington8.3 mi away

9%109

Belgium (in town)right here

7%79

Grafton13.2 mi away

6%67

Mequon21.8 mi away

5%53

Cedar Grove4.8 mi away

4%43

Saukville9.2 mi away

3%36

Menomonee Falls27.4 mi away

2%29

West Bend17.7 mi away

2%26

Wauwatosa31.7 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%549

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

How far

How far Belgium commutes

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

32%

26%

32%

10%

32%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belgium is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Belgium are

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

Jobs based in Belgium

455 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Belgium residents hold

1,169 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+31%

Jobs based in Belgium, 2013 → 2023: 347 → 455. 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.