Work & commute · Battle Creek

Work & commute in Battle Creek, NE

Most working residents leave Battle Creek for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Norfolk (32%), Omaha (8%) and Tilden (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 577 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 547 Battle Creek residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 239 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Battle Creek.

547live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

239work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Battle Creek goes to work

Norfolk9.1 mi away

32%186

Omaha94.6 mi away

8%44

Tilden12.3 mi away

7%40

Battle Creek (in town)right here

5%30

Lincoln95 mi away

3%15

Elgin24.8 mi away

1%8

Neligh23.8 mi away

1%8

Wayne34.5 mi away

1%8

Columbus40.7 mi away

1%8

Albion29.7 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%223

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

How far

How far Battle Creek commutes

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

42%

28%

21%

42%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Battle Creek is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Battle Creek are

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

Jobs based in Battle Creek

269 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Battle Creek residents hold

577 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−10%

Jobs based in Battle Creek, 2013 → 2023: 299 → 269. 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.