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Work & commute · Berlin

Work & commute in Berlin, NY

Most working residents leave Berlin for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (12%), Colonie (7%) and Bennington (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
14%
103 of 733 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
33 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
13%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 630 Berlin residents head out of town to work, 103 work right here, and 290 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Berlin.

630live here, work elsewhere
103live and work here
290work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Berlin goes to work

PittsfieldTroyAlbanyNew YorkHoosickNorth GreenbushBerlinEast GreenbushGraftonColonieBrunswickSand LakePetersburghSchodackPittstownPoestenkillStephentownPownalBenningtonAlbanyColonieBenningtonNew YorkTroyEast GreenbushPittsfieldPetersburghSchodackBerlin
1
Berlin (in town)right here
14%103
2
Albany21.6 mi away
12%90
3
Colonie21.8 mi away
7%52
4
Bennington, VT17.6 mi away
6%43
5
New York141 mi away
5%38
6
Troy16.3 mi away
4%27
7
East Greenbush17.1 mi away
3%25
8
Pittsfield, MA15.4 mi away
3%19
9
Petersburgh8.5 mi away
3%19
10
Schodack18.1 mi away
3%19
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%298

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

How far

How far Berlin commutes

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

21%Under 10 mi
51%10–24 mi
11%25–50 mi
17%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Berlin is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Berlin are

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

Jobs based in Berlin

393 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities6%
Services (health, schools, offices…)68%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Berlin residents hold

733 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month63%
+4%

Jobs based in Berlin, 2013 → 2023: 377 → 393. 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.

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