Photo: Doug Kerr from Upstate New York · CC BY-SA 2.0New Berlin has higher unemployment (6.8%) than 81% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are lower than in 70% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn New Berlin D; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 7% stay in New Berlin for work; outside it, Norwich is the main destination (15%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
New Berlin at work: what stands out
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in New Berlin
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, New Berlin is better than 12% of U.S. towns. Household income holds New Berlin’s grade up ($62,159, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, New Berlin could be anywhere from D− to C+.
New Berlin’s commute takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Berlin workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 861 commuters (the 10% 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.
New Berlin quiets down on a workday
On a workday 911 residents head out to work, 68 work right here, and 648 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in New Berlin on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.73 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.
Commuting out of New Berlin: the destinations
Where New Berlin clocks in
Lines 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in New Berlin
716 jobs are based in New Berlin.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Berlin, 2013 → 2023: 762 → 716. 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 New Berlin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles New Berlin commutes
About 23% 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.
For most of New Berlin, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, New Berlin is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 952 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.8% of New Berlin households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of New Berlin’s commuters take a bus or train.
New Berlin places 4,587th of 5,401 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,400
| # | 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 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 7 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 8 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,585 | Eunice NM | 3,037 | $49K | 12.9% | 6.3% | 26% | D |
| 4,586 | Grant Township MI | 3,034 | $58K | 13.9% | 10.3% | 2% | D |
| 4,587 | New Berlin NY | 2,482 | $62K | 16.2% | 6.8% | 7% | D |
| 4,588 | Dalzell SC | 2,946 | $47K | 15.3% | 10.8% | 1% | D |
| 4,589 | Horse Pasture VA | 2,236 | $54K | 22.7% | 2.5% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,401 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 New Berlin, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
19% of New Berlin works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Norwich (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Berlin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Berlin | – | D | C− | 20 min | $62,159 |
| Pittsfield | under 3% | D | D− | 24 min | $66,917 |
| Morris | under 3% | C | C− | 26 min | $76,056 |
| Butternuts | under 3% | B− | C | 31 min | $90,313 |
| Norwich | 13% | B | B− | 18 min | $63,226 |
| Columbus | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Sherburne | 6% | C+ | B− | 22 min | $63,203 |
| North Norwich | under 3% | C | C | 20 min | $77,955 |
Same-state neighbors only. Columbus: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of New Berlin’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 New Berlin: questions
What is the median household income in New Berlin?
$62,159 (±$11,007) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Berlin?
16.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Berlin?
20 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Berlin work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Norwich (15%, 7 mi), Norwich (13%, 6 mi), Sherburne (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is New Berlin walkable?
New Berlin is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Berlin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Berlin, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Berlin
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.