Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Bertram works elsewhere
Jobs and income earn Bertram C−; getting around on foot earns it C−. There are 427 jobs in Bertram, and 1,031 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% stay in Bertram for work; outside it, Austin is the main destination (24%, 36 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Bertram apart
Bertram’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Bertram is Austin, 36 miles away as the crow flies. 24% of working residents (243) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Bertram makes and builds things
38% of the jobs based in Bertram are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Bertram residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
Bertram has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Bertram went from 303 in 2013 to 427 in 2023, +41%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Bertram pay over $40,000 a year
72% of the jobs based in Bertram pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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.
Where Bertram’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Job access by car holds Bertram’s grade up (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (19.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Bertram’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bertram could be anywhere from C− to B−.
How many miles Bertram 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.
A place that makes things: 38% of Bertram’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bertram, 2013 → 2023: 303 → 427. 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 Bertram’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Bertram for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,007 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 403 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Bertram 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 places Bertram commutes to
Where Bertram clocks in
24% of workers
4% 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 31 minutes to work from Bertram
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bertram workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 795 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
Most trips from Bertram start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bertram is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Bertram 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 884 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). 5.7% of Bertram households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Bertram’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,404 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900, Bertram comes 3,799th 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| 24 | Shoreacres TX | 1,535 | $131K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,797 | Byesville OH | 2,359 | $43K | 21.1% | 3.1% | 5% | C− |
| 3,798 | Drumright OK | 2,546 | $46K | 24.7% | 2.4% | 16% | C− |
| 3,799 | Bertram TX | 2,142 | $63K | 19.7% | 2.7% | 2% | C− |
| 3,800 | Huntington UT | 1,986 | $77K | 12.0% | 7.8% | 11% | C− |
| 3,801 | New Lisbon WI | 2,577 | $71K | 16.4% | 7.5% | 14% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | 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 Bertram, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
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 Bertram: questions
What is the median household income in Bertram?
$63,311 (±$4,589) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bertram?
19.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bertram?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bertram work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Austin (24%, 36 mi), Liberty Hill (8%, 11 mi), Round Rock (4%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bertram walkable?
Bertram is more walkable than 19% 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 Bertram without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bertram, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bertram
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.