Work & commute · Auburn

Work & commute in Auburn, NE

About one in 3 of Auburn’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (9%), Omaha (8%) and Nebraska City (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

509 of 1,599 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,090 Auburn residents head out of town to work, 509 work right here, and 879 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Auburn.

1,090live here, work elsewhere

509live and work here

879work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Auburn goes to work

Auburn (in town)right here

32%509

Lincoln52.4 mi away

9%150

Omaha61.3 mi away

8%135

Nebraska City19.8 mi away

5%78

Tecumseh18.2 mi away

2%31

Beatrice48.2 mi away

1%18

Council Bluffs, IA58.5 mi away

1%16

Humboldt16.3 mi away

1%14

Columbus107.2 mi away

1%14

Fairbury72.3 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%622

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

How far

How far Auburn commutes

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

45%

15%

34%

45%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Auburn is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Auburn are

1,388 jobs are based in Auburn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Auburn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Auburn

1,388 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Auburn residents hold

1,599 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−4%

Jobs based in Auburn, 2013 → 2023: 1,452 → 1,388. 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.