Work & commute · Arapahoe

Work & commute in Arapahoe, NE

Most working residents leave Arapahoe for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Cambridge (13%), Holdrege (9%) and Oxford (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

37 of 383 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 346 Arapahoe residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 287 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arapahoe.

346live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

287work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arapahoe goes to work

Cambridge14.2 mi away

13%51

Arapahoe (in town)right here

10%37

Holdrege28.9 mi away

9%36

Oxford14.5 mi away

6%23

McCook38.8 mi away

5%19

Beaver City12.1 mi away

4%17

Kearney50.9 mi away

3%13

Edison6.7 mi away

3%10

Lincoln172.7 mi away

2%9

North Platte72.1 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%162

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

How far

How far Arapahoe commutes

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

15%

35%

27%

22%

15%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arapahoe is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Arapahoe are

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

Jobs based in Arapahoe

324 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Arapahoe residents hold

383 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−28%

Jobs based in Arapahoe, 2013 → 2023: 451 → 324. 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.