Work & commute · Burwell

Work & commute in Burwell, NE

About one in 3 of Burwell’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ord (10%), Lincoln (6%) and Grand Island (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37%

167 of 455 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 288 Burwell residents head out of town to work, 167 work right here, and 358 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burwell.

288live here, work elsewhere

167live and work here

358work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burwell goes to work

Burwell (in town)right here

37%167

Ord16.6 mi away

10%45

Lincoln144.2 mi away

6%26

Grand Island71.7 mi away

4%16

Omaha163.3 mi away

3%15

Taylor12.8 mi away

2%7

Hastings90.5 mi away

2%7

Broken Bow36.8 mi away

1%6

Columbus94.7 mi away

1%6

Kearney74.6 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%154

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

How far

How far Burwell commutes

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

46%

16%

35%

46%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burwell is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Burwell are

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

Jobs based in Burwell

525 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Burwell residents hold

455 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−12%

Jobs based in Burwell, 2013 → 2023: 599 → 525. 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.