Work & commute · Berne

Work & commute in Berne, IN

About one in 3 of Berne’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Decatur (9%), Fort Wayne (8%) and Bluffton (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

633 of 1,872 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,239 Berne residents head out of town to work, 633 work right here, and 2,339 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Berne.

1,239live here, work elsewhere

633live and work here

2,339work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Berne goes to work

Berne (in town)right here

34%633

Decatur11.9 mi away

9%173

Fort Wayne31.3 mi away

8%153

Bluffton12.8 mi away

5%100

Geneva4.2 mi away

4%71

Washington9.4 mi away

2%45

Portland15.2 mi away

2%42

Monroe2.9 mi away

2%41

Monroe6.1 mi away

2%33

Marion37.7 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%554

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

How far

How far Berne commutes

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

47%

21%

15%

18%

47%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Berne is a job hub

1.59jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Berne are

2,972 jobs are based in Berne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Berne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Berne

2,972 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Berne residents hold

1,872 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+15%

Jobs based in Berne, 2013 → 2023: 2,587 → 2,972. 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.