Work & commute · Bergen

Work & commute in Bergen, NY

Most working residents leave Bergen for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (14%), Batavia (7%) and Batavia (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

140 of 1,368 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 1,228 Bergen residents head out of town to work, 140 work right here, and 865 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bergen.

1,228live here, work elsewhere

140live and work here

865work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bergen goes to work

Rochester17.8 mi away

14%189

Bergen (in town)right here

10%140

Batavia13.2 mi away

7%92

Batavia15.4 mi away

4%60

Henrietta16.2 mi away

4%58

Gates12.8 mi away

4%52

Byron5.7 mi away

4%50

Buffalo47.8 mi away

4%49

Greece16.7 mi away

3%44

Amherst40.9 mi away

3%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%596

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

How far

How far Bergen commutes

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

23%

50%

16%

12%

23%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bergen is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bergen are

1,005 jobs are based in Bergen. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bergen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bergen

1,005 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Bergen residents hold

1,368 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+50%

Jobs based in Bergen, 2013 → 2023: 669 → 1,005. 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.