Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHardly anyone in New Bremen is out of work
Working residents average 18 minutes each way, where Ohio has 23 and the U.S. 26. For jobs and income New Bremen is better than 82% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (C). About one in four work in New Bremen itself; outside it, Minster draws the most (12%, 3 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 makes and builds things
83% of the jobs based in New Bremen are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs New Bremen residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 41%. The jobs ↓
New Bremen is where the jobs are
New Bremen has 4,222 jobs, 2.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 5,700 people are in town, 88% more than the 3,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
New Bremen has added jobs fast
Jobs based in New Bremen went from 2,908 in 2013 to 4,222 in 2023, +45%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in New Bremen pay better than its residents’ jobs
76% of the jobs based in New Bremen pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 61% of the jobs New Bremen residents hold. 90% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside New Bremen. The jobs ↓
Commutes from New Bremen are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Ohio 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why New Bremen gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Unemployment is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 50% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, New Bremen could be anywhere from B to A.
Goods, not services: 83% of the jobs in New Bremen
4,222 jobs are based in New Bremen.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Bremen, 2013 → 2023: 2,908 → 4,222. 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.
Who leaves New Bremen for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,165 residents head out to work, 406 work right here, and 3,816 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,700 people are in New Bremen on a workday afternoon, 88% more than live here.
2.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
About 18 minutes to work from New Bremen
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Bremen workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,320 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% 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.
The towns that send workers to New Bremen
Where New Bremen clocks in
12% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from New Bremen
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.
The commute in New Bremen is mostly behind the wheel
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,504 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). 5.3% of New Bremen households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of New Bremen’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, New Bremen is 727th among 4,771 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 725 | Pinch WV | 4,037 | $77K | 5.1% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| 726 | Lake Helen FL | 2,994 | $116K | 6.9% | 3.7% | 2% | A− |
| 727 | New Bremen OH | 3,017 | $82K | 5.4% | 0.0% | 26% | A− |
| 728 | Freedom Township OH | 2,665 | $93K | 3.4% | 3.4% | 6% | A− |
| 729 | Eden Township PA | 2,266 | $91K | 3.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Ohio.
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?
$82,019 (±$17,458) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Bremen?
5.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Bremen?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Bremen work?
26% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minster (12%, 3 mi), Celina (5%, 13 mi), Sidney (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is New Bremen walkable?
New Bremen is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Bremen without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% 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.