Work & commute · Cheney

Work & commute in Cheney, NE

Most working residents leave Cheney for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (85%), Omaha (3%) and Simi Valley (1%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 94 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 93 Cheney residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cheney.

93live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

49work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cheney goes to work

Lincoln7.2 mi away

85%80

Omaha46.6 mi away

3%3

Simi Valley, CA1289.6 mi away

1%1

Des Moines, IA165.9 mi away

1%1

Hickman7.2 mi away

1%1

Nebraska City38.5 mi away

1%1

Beatrice32.3 mi away

1%1

Fremont49.6 mi away

1%1

Cheney (in town)right here

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

4%4

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

How far

How far Cheney commutes

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

86%

86%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

2%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cheney is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cheney are

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

Jobs based in Cheney

50 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)82%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Cheney residents hold

94 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+19%

Jobs based in Cheney, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 50. 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.