Work & commute · Davenport

Work & commute in Davenport, NE

Most working residents leave Davenport for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Bruning (20%), Hebron (14%) and Deshler (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 133 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 124 Davenport residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 155 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Davenport.

124live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

155work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Davenport goes to work

Bruning13 mi away

20%27

Hebron15.5 mi away

14%18

Deshler12.8 mi away

8%10

Lincoln68.9 mi away

8%10

Davenport (in town)right here

7%9

Geneva18.8 mi away

7%9

Grand Island50.9 mi away

3%4

Superior24 mi away

2%3

Fairbury35.4 mi away

2%3

Omaha113 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%37

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

How far

How far Davenport commutes

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

10%

60%

10%

20%

10%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Davenport is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Davenport are

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

Jobs based in Davenport

164 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Davenport residents hold

133 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+84%

Jobs based in Davenport, 2013 → 2023: 89 → 164. 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.