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Work & commute · Crofton

Work & commute in Crofton, NE

Most working residents leave Crofton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Yankton (19%), Santee (7%) and Hartington (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
14 of 280 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
16 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
10%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 266 Crofton residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crofton.

266live here, work elsewhere
14live and work here
124work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Crofton goes to work

VerdigreSanteeCroftonNiobraraBloomfieldHartingtonCreightonNorfolkLincolnOmahaSpringfieldYanktonEasternHillDolphinPeoriaAddisonYanktonSanteeHartingtonLincolnNiobraraOmahaAddisonNorfolkBloomfieldCrofton
1
Yankton, SD12.2 mi away
19%54
2
Santee19.3 mi away
7%19
3
Crofton (in town)right here
5%14
4
Hartington14 mi away
5%14
5
Lincoln139.4 mi away
5%14
6
Niobrara27.1 mi away
4%12
7
Omaha125.7 mi away
4%12
8
Addison8.3 mi away
4%11
9
Norfolk48.7 mi away
3%8
10
Bloomfield11.9 mi away
2%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%116

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

How far

How far Crofton commutes

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

15%Under 10 mi
45%10–24 mi
14%25–50 mi
25%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Crofton is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Crofton are

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

Jobs based in Crofton

138 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities28%
Services (health, schools, offices…)72%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Crofton residents hold

280 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month55%
−16%

Jobs based in Crofton, 2013 → 2023: 165 → 138. 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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