Work & commute · Berne

Work & commute in Berne, NY

Most working residents leave Berne for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (22%), Colonie (11%) and Guilderland (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

125 of 1,233 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 1,108 Berne residents head out of town to work, 125 work right here, and 217 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Berne.

1,108live here, work elsewhere

125live and work here

217work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Berne goes to work

Albany17.4 mi away

22%270

Colonie19.8 mi away

11%134

Berne (in town)right here

10%125

Guilderland11.1 mi away

6%71

Bethlehem15.5 mi away

4%54

New York134.5 mi away

4%48

New Scotland9.7 mi away

3%33

Schenectady17.2 mi away

3%32

Westerlo8.2 mi away

2%21

Saratoga Springs36.7 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%425

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

How far

How far Berne commutes

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

18%

58%

16%

18%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Berne is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Berne are

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

Jobs based in Berne

342 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Berne residents hold

1,233 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−6%

Jobs based in Berne, 2013 → 2023: 363 → 342. 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.