Work & commute · Arlington

Work & commute in Arlington, NE

Most working residents leave Arlington for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Omaha (30%), Fremont (14%) and Blair (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 660 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 640 Arlington residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 180 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arlington.

640live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

180work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arlington goes to work

Omaha20.6 mi away

30%201

Fremont6.8 mi away

14%93

Blair12.9 mi away

8%54

Lincoln47.5 mi away

4%29

Arlington (in town)right here

3%20

Township 212.7 mi away

2%14

Platte11.2 mi away

2%12

Township 66.5 mi away

2%12

Valley9.4 mi away

2%11

Papillion25.9 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%203

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

How far

How far Arlington commutes

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

24%

53%

13%

10%

24%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arlington is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Arlington are

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

Jobs based in Arlington

200 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Arlington residents hold

660 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−9%

Jobs based in Arlington, 2013 → 2023: 219 → 200. 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.