Work & commute · Blair

Work & commute in Blair, NE

About one in 3 of Blair’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Omaha (32%), Township 2 (7%) and Lincoln (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

1,238 of 4,067 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,829 Blair residents head out of town to work, 1,238 work right here, and 3,396 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blair.

2,829live here, work elsewhere

1,238live and work here

3,396work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blair goes to work

Omaha19.6 mi away

32%1,308

Blair (in town)right here

30%1,238

Township 22.8 mi away

7%294

Lincoln57.7 mi away

4%180

Fremont19.5 mi away

2%92

Papillion27.6 mi away

1%57

Fort Calhoun8.1 mi away

1%54

Gretna28.7 mi away

1%47

La Vista25 mi away

1%46

Bellevue29.2 mi away

1%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%707

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

How far

How far Blair commutes

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

40%

11%

40%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blair is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Blair are

4,634 jobs are based in Blair. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blair’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Blair

4,634 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Blair residents hold

4,067 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+31%

Jobs based in Blair, 2013 → 2023: 3,543 → 4,634. 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.