Work & commute · Bertha

Work & commute in Bertha, MN

Most working residents leave Bertha for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Wadena (17%), Staples (7%) and Perham (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 217 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 207 Bertha residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 157 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bertha.

207live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

157work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bertha goes to work

Wadena12.8 mi away

17%36

Staples13.8 mi away

7%15

Perham33.7 mi away

5%11

Bertha (in town)right here

5%10

Alexandria30.9 mi away

4%9

Browerville16 mi away

3%7

Clarissa11 mi away

3%6

New York Mills22.9 mi away

2%4

Sebeka25 mi away

2%4

Long Prairie22.4 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%111

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

How far

How far Bertha commutes

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

43%

23%

26%

9%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bertha is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bertha are

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

Jobs based in Bertha

167 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Bertha residents hold

217 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−3%

Jobs based in Bertha, 2013 → 2023: 172 → 167. 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.