Work & commute · Bruning

Work & commute in Bruning, NE

Most working residents leave Bruning for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Hebron (13%), Davenport (8%) and Deshler (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

23 of 121 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 98 Bruning residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 540 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bruning.

98live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

540work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bruning goes to work

Bruning (in town)right here

19%23

Hebron11.5 mi away

13%16

Davenport13 mi away

8%10

Deshler15.9 mi away

7%9

Geneva13.6 mi away

6%7

Lincoln57.1 mi away

5%6

Superior34 mi away

3%4

Omaha101.8 mi away

2%3

Carleton6.6 mi away

2%2

Aurora43.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%39

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

How far

How far Bruning commutes

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

25%

45%

11%

19%

25%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bruning is a job hub

4.65jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bruning are

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

Jobs based in Bruning

563 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)74%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Bruning residents hold

121 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+291%

Jobs based in Bruning, 2013 → 2023: 144 → 563. 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.