New Bremen has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
188 jobs are based in New Bremen; 962 of its residents have a job. New Bremen grades C+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 4% work in New Bremen; the top destination outside it is Lowville (19%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where New Bremen stands out on work
New Bremen is a place people come home to
There are 188 jobs based in New Bremen, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday New Bremen has about 2,000 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of New Bremen works one town over
30% of working residents work in a town that borders New Bremen: Lowville (19%), Croghan (10%) and Denmark (1%). Next door ↓
Commutes from New Bremen are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York 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 962 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside New Bremen’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, New Bremen is better than 42% of U.S. towns, #479 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds New Bremen’s grade up (2.8%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, New Bremen could be anywhere from C− to B.
The daily commute in and out of New Bremen
On a workday 927 residents head out to work, 35 work right here, and 153 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in New Bremen on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
The daily trip from New Bremen: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Bremen workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 989 commuters (the 9% 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.
Where people from New Bremen work
Where New Bremen clocks in
10% 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.
What New Bremen’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Bremen, 2013 → 2023: 161 → 188. 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 Bremen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles New Bremen commutes
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.
Most trips from New Bremen start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, New Bremen is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns, #572 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,085 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). 3.9% of New Bremen households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of New Bremen’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, New Bremen is 2,625th of 4,703 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 11 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,623 | Highspire PA | 2,725 | $53K | 14.3% | 4.3% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,624 | Granville Township IL | 2,741 | $71K | 8.8% | 4.7% | 16% | C+ |
| 2,625 | New Bremen NY | 2,786 | $61K | 6.3% | 2.8% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,626 | Waterloo Township OH | 2,309 | $67K | 6.1% | 2.4% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,627 | Holderness NH | 2,024 | $108K | 12.1% | 2.2% | 15% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | 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 New Bremen, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work next door: 30% of New Bremen’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Bremen workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Bremen | – | C+ | C+ | 24 min | $61,274 |
| Croghan | 10% | C | C | 22 min | $72,220 |
| Lowville | 19% | C− | B+ | 14 min | $69,150 |
| Denmark | 1% | C | C+ | 23 min | $63,270 |
| Watson | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 33 min | $68,864 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lowville. Darker towns draw more of New Bremen’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 Bremen: questions
What is the median household income in New Bremen?
$61,274 (±$4,363) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Bremen?
6.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Bremen?
24 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Bremen work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lowville (19%, 8 mi), Croghan (10%, 8 mi), Watertown (9%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is New Bremen walkable?
New Bremen is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Bremen without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Bremen, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Bremen
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.