Beach School · Photo: Jim Roberts · CC BY-SA 4.0Cedar Rapids draws about two in five of Bertram’s working residents
80 jobs are based in Bertram; 131 of its residents have a job. Commuters spend 21 minutes getting to work on average, where Iowa has 20 and the U.S. 26. Working from home is the commute for 14% of workers, next to 11% for Iowa as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Bertram by day
On a workday 131 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Bertram on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.61 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Bertram work
Where Bertram clocks in
40% of workers
15% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Services make up most of the work in Bertram
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bertram, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 80. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bertram’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes to work from Bertram
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bertram workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 109 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Iowa: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Bertram
About 19% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work next door: 40% of Bertram’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bertram workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bertram | – | — | — | 21 min | $86,786 |
| Cedar Rapids | 40% | B | A− | 19 min | $70,424 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Cedar Rapids. Darker towns draw more of Bertram’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bertram: questions
What is the median household income in Bertram?
$86,786 (±$18,849) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bertram?
2.5%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bertram?
21 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bertram work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Bertram without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bertram, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bertram
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.