Work & commute · Alma

Work & commute in Alma, NE

About one in 4 of Alma’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Holdrege (14%), Kearney (6%) and Omaha (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

99 of 361 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 262 Alma residents head out of town to work, 99 work right here, and 383 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alma.

262live here, work elsewhere

99live and work here

383work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alma goes to work

Alma (in town)right here

27%99

Holdrege23.2 mi away

14%52

Kearney43.9 mi away

6%20

Omaha191.1 mi away

3%11

Lincoln149.6 mi away

3%10

Orleans5.1 mi away

2%8

Franklin21.9 mi away

2%8

Arapahoe31.4 mi away

2%7

Grand Island77.4 mi away

2%7

Cambridge44 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%133

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

How far

How far Alma commutes

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

35%

26%

15%

24%

35%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alma is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Alma are

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

Jobs based in Alma

482 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Alma residents hold

361 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+1%

Jobs based in Alma, 2013 → 2023: 478 → 482. 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.