Work & commute · Alexis

Work & commute in Alexis, NE

Most working residents leave Alexis for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (24%), David City (14%) and Lincoln (9%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 301 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 296 Alexis residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alexis.

296live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

60work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alexis goes to work

Columbus6.2 mi away

24%71

David City11.7 mi away

14%43

Lincoln50 mi away

9%28

Columbus6.7 mi away

8%23

Omaha65.2 mi away

4%11

Reading12.4 mi away

2%6

Schuyler14.1 mi away

2%5

Grand Island62.6 mi away

2%5

Alexis (in town)right here

2%5

Rising City11 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%100

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

How far

How far Alexis commutes

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

37%

27%

11%

25%

37%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alexis is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Alexis are

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

Jobs based in Alexis

65 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Alexis residents hold

301 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−12%

Jobs based in Alexis, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 65. 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.