Work & commute · Blakely

Work & commute in Blakely, NE

Most working residents leave Blakely for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (31%), Beatrice (23%) and Omaha (5%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 168 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 163 Blakely residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 317 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blakely.

163live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

317work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blakely goes to work

Lincoln36.5 mi away

31%52

Beatrice5.8 mi away

23%39

Omaha78.5 mi away

5%9

Blakely (in town)right here

3%5

Wilber13.9 mi away

2%4

Marysville, KS33.4 mi away

1%2

Diller14 mi away

1%2

Crete23.1 mi away

1%2

Seward44 mi away

1%2

Columbus83 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%49

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

How far

How far Blakely commutes

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

29%

14%

41%

16%

29%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blakely is a job hub

1.92jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Blakely are

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

Jobs based in Blakely

322 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Blakely residents hold

168 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+58%

Jobs based in Blakely, 2013 → 2023: 204 → 322. 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.