Work & commute · Curtis

Work & commute in Curtis, NE

Most working residents leave Curtis for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Eustis (8%), McCook (7%) and North Platte (6%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

58 of 324 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 266 Curtis residents head out of town to work, 58 work right here, and 320 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Curtis.

266live here, work elsewhere

58live and work here

320work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Curtis goes to work

Curtis (in town)right here

18%58

Eustis25.3 mi away

8%25

McCook30.2 mi away

7%24

North Platte36.2 mi away

6%21

Cozad31.7 mi away

5%17

Lincoln201.2 mi away

5%15

Elwood34.2 mi away

4%13

Omaha236.6 mi away

3%11

Maywood6.1 mi away

3%9

Grand Island114.4 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%124

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

How far

How far Curtis commutes

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

25%

46%

27%

25%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

46%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Curtis is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Curtis are

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

Jobs based in Curtis

378 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Curtis residents hold

324 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+17%

Jobs based in Curtis, 2013 → 2023: 324 → 378. 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.