Work & commute · Butte

Work & commute in Butte, NE

Most working residents leave Butte for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Spencer (24%), Butte (18%) and Lynch (10%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

26 of 135 working residents

Typical commute

14 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 109 Butte residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Butte.

109live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

125work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Butte goes to work

Spencer7 mi away

24%32

Butte0.9 mi away

18%24

Lynch19.2 mi away

10%13

Omaha182.2 mi away

6%8

Burke, SD30 mi away

3%4

Atkinson27.1 mi away

2%3

O'Neill32.2 mi away

2%3

Spencer5.3 mi away

2%3

North Platte157.8 mi away

1%2

Norfolk93.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%41

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

How far

How far Butte commutes

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

47%

14%

10%

28%

47%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Butte is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Butte are

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

Jobs based in Butte

151 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Butte residents hold

135 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+5%

Jobs based in Butte, 2013 → 2023: 144 → 151. 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.