Work & commute · Benkelman

Work & commute in Benkelman, NE

40% of Benkelman’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Imperial (5%), McCook (4%) and Omaha (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40%

129 of 320 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

8 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 191 Benkelman residents head out of town to work, 129 work right here, and 249 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Benkelman.

191live here, work elsewhere

129live and work here

249work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Benkelman goes to work

Benkelman (in town)right here

40%129

Imperial32.7 mi away

5%17

McCook49.7 mi away

4%14

Omaha299.6 mi away

3%11

Wray, CO36.5 mi away

3%8

Trenton29.2 mi away

2%7

North Platte85.2 mi away

2%7

Kearney137.1 mi away

2%6

Lincoln261.2 mi away

2%6

Scottsbluff167.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%111

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

How far

How far Benkelman commutes

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

48%

20%

28%

48%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Benkelman is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Benkelman are

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

Jobs based in Benkelman

378 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Benkelman residents hold

320 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−17%

Jobs based in Benkelman, 2013 → 2023: 457 → 378. 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.