Work & commute · Callaway

Work & commute in Callaway, NE

Most working residents leave Callaway for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Broken Bow (24%), Arnold (7%) and Broken Bow (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

25 of 209 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 184 Callaway residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 209 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Callaway.

184live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

209work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Callaway goes to work

Broken Bow16.5 mi away

24%50

Callaway (in town)right here

12%25

Arnold16.8 mi away

7%15

Broken Bow17.5 mi away

6%13

Lincoln172.3 mi away

5%11

Delight3.6 mi away

5%11

Omaha200.8 mi away

4%9

Grand Island85.2 mi away

2%5

Victoria24.7 mi away

2%5

Kearney59.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%61

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

How far

How far Callaway commutes

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

20%

45%

27%

20%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Callaway 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 Callaway are

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

Jobs based in Callaway

234 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Callaway residents hold

209 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+111%

Jobs based in Callaway, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 234. 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.