Work & commute · Bernice

Work & commute in Bernice, LA

Most working residents leave Bernice for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Farmerville (11%), Ruston (9%) and Monroe (8%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 493 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 470 Bernice residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 155 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bernice.

470live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

155work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bernice goes to work

Farmerville15.4 mi away

11%56

Ruston20.3 mi away

9%43

Monroe40 mi away

8%39

Bernice (in town)right here

5%23

El Dorado, AR27 mi away

4%20

West Monroe36.7 mi away

4%20

Bastrop43.8 mi away

2%9

Shreveport70.5 mi away

2%8

Choudrant21.5 mi away

1%5

New Orleans250.1 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%265

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

How far

How far Bernice commutes

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

40%

27%

25%

8%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bernice is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bernice are

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

Jobs based in Bernice

178 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Bernice residents hold

493 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−30%

Jobs based in Bernice, 2013 → 2023: 255 → 178. 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.