Work & commute · East Bernard

Work & commute in East Bernard, TX

Most working residents leave East Bernard for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (22%), Rosenberg (5%) and El Campo (3%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

112 of 1,055 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 943 East Bernard residents head out of town to work, 112 work right here, and 1,207 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Bernard.

943live here, work elsewhere

112live and work here

1,207work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Bernard goes to work

Houston44.3 mi away

22%233

East Bernard (in town)right here

11%112

Rosenberg14.5 mi away

5%53

El Campo25.7 mi away

3%31

Sugar Land26.4 mi away

3%29

Austin114.5 mi away

3%28

Wharton14.5 mi away

2%24

Hungerford8.3 mi away

2%17

Victoria73.6 mi away

1%12

Katy22.8 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%505

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

How far

How far East Bernard commutes

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

16%

19%

37%

29%

16%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Bernard is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in East Bernard are

1,319 jobs are based in East Bernard. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Bernard’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Bernard

1,319 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs East Bernard residents hold

1,055 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−18%

Jobs based in East Bernard, 2013 → 2023: 1,616 → 1,319. 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.