Work & commute · Chadron

Work & commute in Chadron, NE

58% of Chadron’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Scottsbluff (4%), O'Neill (3%) and Omaha (2%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

58%

1,204 of 2,064 working residents

Typical commute

1 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 860 Chadron residents head out of town to work, 1,204 work right here, and 1,164 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chadron.

860live here, work elsewhere

1,204live and work here

1,164work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chadron goes to work

Chadron (in town)right here

58%1,204

Scottsbluff74.3 mi away

4%89

O'Neill222.8 mi away

3%64

Omaha372.4 mi away

2%46

Alliance50.4 mi away

1%30

Crawford23.1 mi away

1%29

Lincoln354.2 mi away

1%29

Pine Ridge, SD26.7 mi away

1%22

Kearney249.7 mi away

1%18

Gordon40.5 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%517

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

How far

How far Chadron commutes

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

63%

28%

63%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chadron 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 Chadron are

2,368 jobs are based in Chadron. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chadron’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chadron

2,368 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Chadron residents hold

2,064 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+1%

Jobs based in Chadron, 2013 → 2023: 2,353 → 2,368. 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.