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Work & commute · Chalco

Work & commute in Chalco, NE

Most working residents leave Chalco for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Omaha (65%), Papillion (4%) and La Vista (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
168 of 6,327 working residents
Typical commute
6 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
20 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,159 Chalco residents head out of town to work, 168 work right here, and 3,338 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chalco.

6,159live here, work elsewhere
168live and work here
3,338work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Chalco goes to work

Council BluffsBoys TownRalstonLa VistaGretnaFremontPapillionBellevueLincolnOmahaChalcoOmahaPapillionLa VistaLincolnGretnaBellevueCouncil BluffsRalstonBoys TownChalco
1
Omaha7 mi away
65%4,109
2
Papillion4 mi away
4%268
3
La Vista3.5 mi away
4%247
4
Lincoln38.1 mi away
4%223
5
Chalco (in town)right here
3%168
6
Gretna4.9 mi away
3%166
7
Bellevue10.6 mi away
2%138
8
Council Bluffs, IA15.1 mi away
2%99
9
Ralston5.2 mi away
1%62
10
Boys Town5 mi away
1%42
Everywhere elseother towns and states
13%805

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

How far

How far Chalco commutes

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

74%Under 10 mi
19%10–24 mi
4%25–50 mi
3%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Chalco is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident
A commuter town

0.55 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Chalco are

3,506 jobs are based in Chalco. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chalco’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chalco

3,506 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)47%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)29%
$1,250 a month or less9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Chalco residents hold

6,327 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)15%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)65%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month66%
+32%

Jobs based in Chalco, 2013 → 2023: 2,649 → 3,506. 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.

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