Most of St. Bernice commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
20 jobs are based in St. Bernice, and 239 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in St. Bernice itself; outside it, Terre Haute draws the most (26%, 19 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Indiana has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in St. Bernice, in a few figures
St. Bernice is a place people come home to
There are 20 jobs based in St. Bernice, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday St. Bernice has about 340 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few St. Bernice workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 239 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
St. Bernice on a workday afternoon
On a workday 239 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in St. Bernice on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Working from home in St. Bernice
of St. Bernice workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 114 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
The towns that employ St. Bernice’s residents
Where St. Bernice clocks in
26% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in St. Bernice
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 St. Bernice’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from St. Bernice
About 28% 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.
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 St. Bernice: questions
What is the poverty rate in St. Bernice?
3.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in St. Bernice work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Terre Haute (26%, 19 mi), Clinton Township (11%, 5 mi), Indianapolis (7%, 73 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around St. Bernice without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Bernice, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Bernice
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.