Work & commute · Bell Creek

Work & commute in Bell Creek, NE

Most working residents leave Bell Creek for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Oakland (20%), Fremont (12%) and Omaha (12%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 86 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 84 Bell Creek residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bell Creek.

84live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

78work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bell Creek goes to work

Oakland4.6 mi away

20%17

Fremont30.6 mi away

12%10

Omaha46.1 mi away

12%10

West Point16.1 mi away

5%4

Lincoln75.1 mi away

5%4

Pender22.7 mi away

3%3

Lyons5.5 mi away

2%2

Albion83.5 mi away

2%2

Tekamah11.3 mi away

2%2

Blair27 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%30

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

How far

How far Bell Creek commutes

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

29%

15%

34%

22%

29%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bell Creek is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bell Creek are

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

Jobs based in Bell Creek

80 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Bell Creek residents hold

86 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+11%

Jobs based in Bell Creek, 2013 → 2023: 72 → 80. 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.