Work & commute · Nebraska

Work & commute in Nebraska, IL

Most working residents leave Nebraska for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Pontiac (12%), Bloomington (8%) and Normal (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 522 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 493 Nebraska residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 286 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nebraska.

493live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

286work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nebraska goes to work

Pontiac12.6 mi away

12%63

Bloomington28.4 mi away

8%41

Normal25.6 mi away

5%27

Chicago90.7 mi away

4%22

Flanagan1.3 mi away

3%15

Rooks Creek6.5 mi away

3%14

Nebraska (in town)right here

3%14

Streator17.1 mi away

2%13

El Paso12 mi away

2%12

Peoria39.4 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%290

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

How far

How far Nebraska commutes

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

15%

29%

22%

35%

15%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nebraska is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nebraska are

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

Jobs based in Nebraska

315 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Nebraska residents hold

522 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−18%

Jobs based in Nebraska, 2013 → 2023: 386 → 315. 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.