Work & commute · New Berlin

Work & commute in New Berlin, IL

Most working residents leave New Berlin for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (51%), Chicago (2%) and Gardner (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 582 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 561 New Berlin residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 203 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Berlin.

561live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

203work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Berlin goes to work

Springfield15 mi away

51%298

New Berlin (in town)right here

4%21

Chicago186.7 mi away

2%14

Gardner11.1 mi away

2%12

Pleasant Plains10.3 mi away

2%11

Jacksonville16.9 mi away

2%10

Talkington11.2 mi away

2%10

Bloomington71.9 mi away

1%8

Decatur52.8 mi away

1%6

Woodside13.1 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%186

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far New Berlin commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

11%

64%

23%

11%Under 10 mi

64%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Berlin is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.38 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in New Berlin are

224 jobs are based in New Berlin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Berlin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Berlin

224 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs New Berlin residents hold

582 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−14%

Jobs based in New Berlin, 2013 → 2023: 261 → 224. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.