Work & commute · Cozad

Work & commute in Cozad, NE

About one in 3 of Cozad’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lexington (9%), Gothenburg (7%) and Kearney (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

690 of 1,895 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,205 Cozad residents head out of town to work, 690 work right here, and 968 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cozad.

1,205live here, work elsewhere

690live and work here

968work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cozad goes to work

Cozad (in town)right here

36%690

Lexington13.8 mi away

9%174

Gothenburg9.8 mi away

7%130

Kearney48.6 mi away

4%76

Lincoln173.1 mi away

2%47

North Platte43.8 mi away

2%46

Omaha206.7 mi away

2%38

Holdrege43.2 mi away

2%29

Broken Bow41.7 mi away

1%25

McCook56.3 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%615

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

How far

How far Cozad commutes

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

42%

31%

11%

17%

42%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cozad is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cozad are

1,658 jobs are based in Cozad. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cozad’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cozad

1,658 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Cozad residents hold

1,895 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+8%

Jobs based in Cozad, 2013 → 2023: 1,535 → 1,658. 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.