Work & commute · Beatrice

Work & commute in Beatrice, NE

45% of Beatrice’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (18%), Omaha (7%) and Grand Island (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45%

2,721 of 6,088 working residents

Typical commute

15 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 3,367 Beatrice residents head out of town to work, 2,721 work right here, and 3,154 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beatrice.

3,367live here, work elsewhere

2,721live and work here

3,154work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beatrice goes to work

Beatrice (in town)right here

45%2,721

Lincoln37.3 mi away

18%1,077

Omaha77.4 mi away

7%449

Grand Island95.7 mi away

2%100

Fairbury24.4 mi away

1%74

Blakely5.8 mi away

1%74

Crete26.6 mi away

1%53

Fremont81.7 mi away

1%51

Midland2.7 mi away

1%51

Riverside4.1 mi away

1%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%1,390

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

How far

How far Beatrice commutes

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

48%

25%

22%

48%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beatrice is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Beatrice are

5,875 jobs are based in Beatrice. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Beatrice’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Beatrice

5,875 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Beatrice residents hold

6,088 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

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Jobs based in Beatrice, 2013 → 2023: 5,897 → 5,875. 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.