Work & commute · Brunswick

Work & commute in Brunswick, NE

Most working residents leave Brunswick for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Orchard (8%), Neligh (6%) and Norfolk (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 65 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 59 Brunswick residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brunswick.

59live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

114work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brunswick goes to work

Brunswick (in town)right here

9%6

Orchard13.7 mi away

8%5

Neligh14.7 mi away

6%4

Norfolk35.1 mi away

6%4

Omaha123.6 mi away

6%4

Grand Island99.9 mi away

3%2

Lincoln125 mi away

3%2

Storm Lake, IA143 mi away

2%1

Des Moines, IA230.2 mi away

2%1

Sioux City, IA81.4 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%35

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

How far

How far Brunswick commutes

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

25%

34%

12%

29%

25%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brunswick is a job hub

1.85jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brunswick are

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

Jobs based in Brunswick

120 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities55%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Brunswick residents hold

65 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+58%

Jobs based in Brunswick, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 120. 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.