Most of Berne commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
The two grades for Berne are B for jobs and income and D− for walkability. There are 342 jobs in Berne for 1,233 working residents. Measured by household income, Berne is ahead of 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Inside Berne’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Berne is better than 58% of U.S. towns, #347 of 758 in New York. The poverty rate holds Berne’s grade up (3.1%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (7.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Berne could be anywhere from C to A.
Who leaves Berne for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,108 residents head out to work, 125 work right here, and 217 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Berne on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
22% of working residents work in Albany
Where Berne clocks in
22% of workers
11% of workers
6% 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 Berne
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Berne, 2013 → 2023: 363 → 342. 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 Berne’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 33 minutes to work from Berne
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Berne workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,159 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Berne
About 16% 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.
In Berne, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Berne is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns, #752 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Berne near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,344 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). 0.9% of Berne households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Berne’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600, Berne ranks 1,786th of 4,797 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 10 | Laurel Hollow NY | 1,949 | $250K | 3.5% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,784 | Spiceland Township IN | 2,180 | $82K | 14.3% | 2.6% | 11% | B |
| 1,785 | Bunker Hill Township MI | 2,004 | $80K | 7.8% | 1.3% | 1% | B |
| 1,786 | Berne NY | 2,697 | $105K | 3.1% | 7.6% | 10% | B |
| 1,787 | Cascade IA | 2,399 | $70K | 8.7% | 1.3% | 9% | B |
| 1,788 | Story City IA | 3,382 | $97K | 12.6% | 3.5% | 20% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Berne, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Around Berne: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to New Scotland (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Berne workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berne | – | B | D− | 33 min | $105,219 |
| Middleburgh | under 2% | C− | C+ | 28 min | $53,374 |
| New Scotland | 3% | A− | C− | 24 min | $122,659 |
| Knox | under 2% | B | D− | 33 min | $124,083 |
| Broome | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Rensselaerville | under 2% | B | D− | 38 min | $90,324 |
| Westerlo | 2% | B+ | D | 29 min | $99,167 |
| Wright | under 2% | B− | C− | 33 min | $86,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Broome: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Berne’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 Berne: questions
What is the median household income in Berne?
$105,219 (±$33,119) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Berne?
3.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Berne?
33 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Berne work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albany (22%, 17 mi), Colonie (11%, 20 mi), Guilderland (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Berne walkable?
Berne is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Berne without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Berne, from the people who make the trip.
More of Berne
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.