Work & commute · Aten

Work & commute in Aten, NE

Most working residents leave Aten for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Hartington (13%), Yankton (11%) and Omaha (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 46 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 46 Aten residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aten.

46live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
18work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Aten goes to work

Sioux CityWynotColeridgeWausaCroftonBloomfieldHartingtonWakefieldCreightonLaurelSouth Sioux CityNorfolkLincolnOmahaVermillionYanktonPoncaAtenHartingtonYanktonOmahaSioux CityCreightonNorfolkLincolnWynotWausaCroftonAten
1
Hartington17.4 mi away
13%6
2
Yankton, SD4.4 mi away
11%5
3
Omaha130 mi away
7%3
4
Sioux City, IA58.4 mi away
4%2
5
Creighton35 mi away
4%2
6
Norfolk55.9 mi away
4%2
7
Lincoln145.5 mi away
4%2
8
Wynot15.3 mi away
2%1
9
Wausa23.9 mi away
2%1
10
Crofton7.8 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%21

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

How far

How far Aten commutes

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

18%Under 10 mi
36%10–24 mi
14%25–50 mi
32%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Aten is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Aten are

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

Jobs based in Aten

18 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)33%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)67%
$1,250 a month or less50%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month11%

Jobs Aten residents hold

46 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)33%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month50%
−10%

Jobs based in Aten, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 18. 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.

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