Work & commute · Butte

Work & commute in Butte, NE

About one in 5 of Butte’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Spencer (25%), Lynch (12%) and Omaha (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

19 of 93 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 74 Butte residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Butte.

74live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

116work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Butte goes to work

Spencer7.9 mi away

25%23

Butte (in town)right here

20%19

Lynch20.1 mi away

12%11

Omaha183.1 mi away

6%6

Burke, SD29.2 mi away

4%4

North Platte157.5 mi away

2%2

Cheyenne, WY329.4 mi away

2%2

Butte0.9 mi away

2%2

Morton12.9 mi away

2%2

Bristow14.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%21

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.

51%

15%

25%

51%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Butte is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Butte are

135 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

135 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Butte residents hold

93 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+13%

Jobs based in Butte, 2013 → 2023: 119 → 135. 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.