Household incomes in East Bernard top those of 75% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income East Bernard is better than 68% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (B−). 5.2% of residents are in poverty, where Texas as a whole has 13.8%. 5% of workers work from home (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in East Bernard, in a few figures
East Bernard trades workers with the towns around it
East Bernard has about as many jobs (1,277) as working residents (1,149), but they are mostly different people: 1,018 residents leave for work each day while 1,146 people come in. Only 10% of the jobs in East Bernard are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
East Bernard’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside East Bernard is Houston, 44 miles away as the crow flies. 23% of working residents (260) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
East Bernard makes and builds things
44% of the jobs based in East Bernard are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs East Bernard residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
East Bernard workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in East Bernard
The poverty rate holds East Bernard’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, East Bernard could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
East Bernard on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,018 residents head out to work, 131 work right here, and 1,146 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
How far East Bernard’s workers travel
About 29% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Factories, building and farms: 44% of the jobs in East Bernard
1,277 jobs are based in East Bernard.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Bernard, 2014 → 2024: 1,612 → 1,277. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Bernard’s own residents hold wherever they work.
East Bernard’s commute takes about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of East Bernard workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,228 commuters (the 5% 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.
23% of working residents work in Houston
Where East Bernard clocks in
23% 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.
Most of East Bernard commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,298 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). 2.4% of East Bernard households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of East Bernard’s commuters take a bus or train.
How East Bernard ranks: 1,265th of 5,102 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000
| # | 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% | 1% | 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% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Bartonville TX | 1,937 | $149K | 4.3% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,263 | San Juan Bautista CA | 2,122 | $116K | 7.1% | 4.2% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,264 | Volga SD | 2,458 | $79K | 6.1% | 1.4% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,265 | East Bernard TX | 2,256 | $98K | 5.2% | 5.9% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,266 | Cass Township OH | 1,784 | $98K | 7.0% | 0.0% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,267 | Fort Pierre SD | 2,166 | $70K | 5.6% | 0.6% | 16% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 East Bernard, 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 2024, 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 East Bernard: questions
What is the median household income in East Bernard?
$97,961 (±$29,630) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in East Bernard?
5.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from East Bernard?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in East Bernard work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (23%, 44 mi), Rosenberg (6%, 14 mi), Wharton (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is East Bernard walkable?
East Bernard is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around East Bernard without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from East Bernard, from the people who make the trip.
More of East Bernard
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.