Work & commute · Clarks

Work & commute in Clarks, NE

Most working residents leave Clarks for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (14%), Central City (13%) and Grand Island (13%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 191 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 185 Clarks residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clarks.

185live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

77work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clarks goes to work

Columbus29.2 mi away

14%27

Central City11 mi away

13%25

Grand Island33.9 mi away

13%24

York27.2 mi away

4%8

Columbus32.1 mi away

4%8

Clarks (in town)right here

3%6

Lincoln66.9 mi away

3%6

Fullerton12.4 mi away

2%4

Kearney74 mi away

2%4

Schuyler43.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%76

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

How far

How far Clarks commutes

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

28%

48%

20%

4%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

48%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clarks is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clarks are

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

Jobs based in Clarks

83 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)66%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Clarks residents hold

191 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−33%

Jobs based in Clarks, 2013 → 2023: 123 → 83. 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.