Work & commute · Crete

Work & commute in Crete, NE

About one in 4 of Crete’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (21%), Omaha (7%) and Seward (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

923 of 3,319 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 2,396 Crete residents head out of town to work, 923 work right here, and 2,120 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crete.

2,396live here, work elsewhere

923live and work here

2,120work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crete goes to work

Crete (in town)right here

28%923

Lincoln19.4 mi away

21%709

Omaha64.4 mi away

7%226

Seward21 mi away

2%52

Grand Island76.4 mi away

1%41

Beatrice26.6 mi away

1%40

Waverly29.6 mi away

1%28

Columbus60 mi away

1%24

Hastings75.4 mi away

1%20

Fairbury35.2 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,237

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

How far

How far Crete commutes

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

50%

25%

20%

50%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crete is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Crete are

3,043 jobs are based in Crete. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Crete’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Crete

3,043 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Crete residents hold

3,319 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−28%

Jobs based in Crete, 2013 → 2023: 4,212 → 3,043. 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.