Work & commute · Alda

Work & commute in Alda, NE

Most working residents leave Alda for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Island (43%), Hastings (13%) and Kearney (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 263 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 260 Alda residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 685 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alda.

260live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

685work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alda goes to work

Grand Island6.9 mi away

43%113

Hastings19.1 mi away

13%35

Kearney34.1 mi away

4%10

Omaha128.7 mi away

3%8

Doniphan8.1 mi away

2%6

Lincoln93.8 mi away

2%6

Aurora24.1 mi away

2%4

Columbus69.9 mi away

2%4

Alda (in town)right here

1%3

St. Paul24 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%71

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

How far

How far Alda commutes

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

54%

21%

18%

54%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alda is a job hub

2.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Alda are

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

Jobs based in Alda

688 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)92%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month88%

Jobs Alda residents hold

263 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+344%

Jobs based in Alda, 2013 → 2023: 155 → 688. 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.