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Work & commute in Loveland · A commuter town

100% of Loveland’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Loveland for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Omaha (31%), Council Bluffs (23%) and Shelby (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 13 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
65%
More than IA (11%)
Jobs based here
0
A commuter town
Work out of state
36%
mostly Nebraska

What kind of work town is Loveland?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Time on the road

Working from home in Loveland

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
65%

of Loveland workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.

About 6 in 10
The commute map

31% of working residents work in Omaha

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Shelby: 1 residents work here (8%)Glenwood: 1 residents work here (8%)Washington: 1 residents work here (8%)Johnston: 1 residents work here (8%)Council Bluffs: 3 residents work here (23%)Omaha: 4 residents work here (31%)Township 2: 1 residents work here (8%)LovelandOmahaCouncil BluffsShelbyGlenwoodWashingtonJohnstonLoveland
1
Omaha, NE18.3 mi away
31%4
2
Council Bluffs18.1 mi away
23%3
3
Shelby22.8 mi away
8%1
4
Glenwood32.2 mi away
8%1
5
Washington217.9 mi away
8%1
6
Johnston112.7 mi away
8%1
7
Township 2, NE11.8 mi away
8%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
8%1
The top trips

Where Loveland clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Loveland quiets down on a workday

On a workday 13 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

13live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night52
Workday39
52live here− 13head out to work+ 0come in to work= 39on a workday

About 39 people are in Loveland on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Loveland commutes less than 18 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miOmaha: 31% · 18.3 miCouncil Bluffs: 23% · 18.1 miShelby: 8% · 22.8 miGlenwood: 8% · 32.2 miWashington: 8% · 217.9 miJohnston: 8% · 112.7 miTownship 2: 8% · 11.8 miOmaha 31%Council Bluffs 23%Shelby 8%Glenwood 8%Loveland
LovelandTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
75%10–24 mi9 residents
8%25–50 mi1 residents
17%Over 50 mi2 residents

About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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