Work & commute · Alliance

Work & commute in Alliance, NE

42% of Alliance’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Scottsbluff (5%), Omaha (3%) and O'Neill (3%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42%

1,187 of 2,827 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 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 1,640 Alliance residents head out of town to work, 1,187 work right here, and 824 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alliance.

1,640live here, work elsewhere

1,187live and work here

824work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alliance goes to work

Alliance (in town)right here

42%1,187

Scottsbluff43.5 mi away

5%132

Omaha356.7 mi away

3%88

O'Neill217.6 mi away

3%74

Lincoln333.2 mi away

2%61

Hemingford18.2 mi away

2%48

Gering44.7 mi away

2%45

Chadron50.4 mi away

1%38

Sidney67.1 mi away

1%33

McCook175.9 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,095

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

How far

How far Alliance commutes

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

61%

27%

61%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alliance is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Alliance are

2,011 jobs are based in Alliance. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alliance’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alliance

2,011 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Alliance residents hold

2,827 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−25%

Jobs based in Alliance, 2013 → 2023: 2,684 → 2,011. 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.