Work & commute · Ainsworth

Work & commute in Ainsworth, NE

About one in 3 of Ainsworth’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bassett (5%), Omaha (4%) and Long Pine (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

245 of 682 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 437 Ainsworth residents head out of town to work, 245 work right here, and 448 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ainsworth.

437live here, work elsewhere

245live and work here

448work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ainsworth goes to work

Ainsworth (in town)right here

36%245

Bassett16.5 mi away

5%31

Omaha214.8 mi away

4%25

Long Pine7.9 mi away

3%23

O'Neill62 mi away

3%23

Lincoln203.4 mi away

2%14

Valentine41.6 mi away

2%11

Atkinson45 mi away

1%5

Norfolk129.3 mi away

1%5

Kearney133.7 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%296

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

How far

How far Ainsworth commutes

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

51%

21%

23%

51%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ainsworth is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ainsworth are

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

Jobs based in Ainsworth

693 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Ainsworth residents hold

682 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−17%

Jobs based in Ainsworth, 2013 → 2023: 835 → 693. 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.