Work & commute · Bertrand

Work & commute in Bertrand, MI

Most working residents leave Bertrand for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are South Bend (18%), Mishawaka (7%) and Niles (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56 of 1,154 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,098 Bertrand residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 686 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bertrand.

1,098live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

686work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bertrand goes to work

South Bend, IN9.3 mi away

18%212

Mishawaka, IN13.1 mi away

7%84

Niles7.2 mi away

5%61

Niles6.5 mi away

5%58

Bertrand (in town)right here

5%56

Buchanan2.9 mi away

4%51

Grand Rapids89 mi away

4%44

Elkhart, IN22.1 mi away

3%36

Notre Dame, IN9.1 mi away

2%25

St. Joseph22.4 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%506

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

How far

How far Bertrand commutes

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

41%

32%

22%

41%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bertrand is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bertrand are

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

Jobs based in Bertrand

742 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Bertrand residents hold

1,154 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+64%

Jobs based in Bertrand, 2011 → 2021: 452 → 742. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.