Households in Berino earn less than those in 96% of U.S. towns
17.1% of residents live below the poverty line; New Mexico has 17.8%. Berino grades C− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Hardly any work in Berino itself; outside it, El Paso draws the most (26%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Berino stands out on work
Berino is a place people come home to
There are 5 jobs based in Berino, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Berino has about 1,000 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Many Berino workers cross into Texas
49% of Berino workers work outside New Mexico, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, El Paso (26%), Anthony (3%) and Vinton (2%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Berino workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 24 across New Mexico. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 454 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Berino earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Berino is better than 16% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Berino’s grade up (ahead of 50% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($39,907, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (7.8%) is left out: Berino’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Berino could be anywhere from D to B.
Who leaves Berino for work, and who comes in
On a workday 454 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Berino on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.01 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 Berino’s working residents head each day
Where Berino clocks in
26% of workers
21% of workers
14% 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.
About 30 minutes each way, longer than most of New Mexico
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Berino workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 418 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across New Mexico: 84% 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.
40% of the jobs in Berino make or build things
5 jobs are based in Berino.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Berino, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 5. 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 Berino’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Berino’s commute, mile by mile
About 17% 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.
Few in Berino walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Berino is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across New Mexico, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 498 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 11.1% of Berino households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Berino’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000, Berino ranks 4,724th of 6,308 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 815 | Tres Arroyos NM | 1,926 | $88K | 2.2% | 5.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 905 | Santa Ana Pueblo NM | 1,026 | $86K | 5.5% | 2.9% | 19% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 977 | Little Walnut Village NM | 1,445 | $125K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,722 | Greenbush ME | 1,531 | $60K | 10.2% | 9.6% | 4% | C− |
| 4,723 | Ashland NY | 1,437 | $56K | 16.4% | 5.8% | <1% | C− |
| 4,724 | Berino NM | 1,454 | $40K | 17.1% | 7.8% | 0% | C− |
| 4,725 | Stromsburg NE | 1,159 | $59K | 12.2% | 0.2% | 11% | C− |
| 4,726 | Bainbridge NY | 1,248 | $58K | 11.4% | 5.9% | 8% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Berino, the top three, the last and three more from New Mexico.
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 Berino: questions
What is the median household income in Berino?
$39,907 (±$11,379) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Berino?
17.1%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Berino?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Berino work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are El Paso (26%, 19 mi), Las Cruces (21%, 20 mi), Anthony (14%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Berino walkable?
Berino is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Berino without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Berino, from the people who make the trip.
More of Berino
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.