Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Berry at work: jobs, income and the commute
0% of workers work from home; Kentucky has 10%. Hardly any stay in Berry for work; outside it, Cynthiana is the main destination (18%, 10 miles). Commuters spend 60 minutes getting to work on average, where Kentucky has 24 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Berry: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 93 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Berry on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
The towns that employ Berry’s residents
Where Berry clocks in
18% of workers
11% 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.
Each way, about 60 minutes from Berry
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 19.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Berry workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 91 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Kentucky: 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.
Miles to work from Berry
About 24% 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 Berry: questions
What is the median household income in Berry?
$68,854 (±$14,009) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Berry?
13.4%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Berry?
60 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Berry work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cynthiana (18%, 10 mi), Lexington (16%, 33 mi), Georgetown (11%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Berry without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Berry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Berry
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.