Work & commute · Allen

Work & commute in Allen, NE

Most working residents leave Allen for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Wakefield (21%), Wayne (11%) and Sioux City (10%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 169 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 166 Allen residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Allen.

166live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

69work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Allen goes to work

Wakefield10.3 mi away

21%36

Wayne14.9 mi away

11%18

Sioux City, IA23.8 mi away

10%17

Omaha89.4 mi away

5%9

Wakefield6.9 mi away

4%7

Pender22 mi away

4%6

South Sioux City22.2 mi away

4%6

Norfolk40.1 mi away

4%6

Lincoln111.2 mi away

3%5

Homer19.1 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%56

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

How far

How far Allen commutes

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

61%

14%

18%

7%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Allen is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Allen are

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

Jobs based in Allen

72 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Allen residents hold

169 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+279%

Jobs based in Allen, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 72. 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.