Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainBerea at work: jobs, income and the commute
Employers in Berea report 16 jobs for 19 working residents. Hardly any work in Berea; the top destination outside it is Alliance (21%, 9 miles). 77.8% of residents are in poverty, where Nebraska as a whole has 10.6%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Berea by day and by night
On a workday 19 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6 people are in Berea on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).
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 Berea goes to work
Where Berea clocks in
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.
Berea makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Berea, 2013 → 2023: 79 → 16. 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 Berea’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Berea’s commute, mile by mile
About 32% 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 Berea: questions
What is the poverty rate in Berea?
77.8%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Berea work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alliance (21%, 9 mi), Hemingford (16%, 9 mi), O'Neill (11%, 222 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Berea, from the people who make the trip.
More of Berea
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.