Work & commute · David

Work & commute in David, NE

40% of David’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (10%), Columbus (8%) and Omaha (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40%

599 of 1,489 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 890 David residents head out of town to work, 599 work right here, and 1,114 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in David.

890live here, work elsewhere

599live and work here

1,114work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where David goes to work

David City (in town)right here

40%599

Lincoln38.6 mi away

10%152

Columbus17.5 mi away

8%117

Omaha55.7 mi away

5%72

Columbus16.8 mi away

3%50

Schuyler14 mi away

3%43

Seward23.8 mi away

2%31

Fremont35.6 mi away

1%20

Grand Island68.1 mi away

1%18

Beatrice70.6 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%371

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

How far

How far David commutes

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

43%

21%

18%

43%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

David is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in David are

1,713 jobs are based in David. Here is what they are, next to the jobs David’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in David

1,713 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs David residents hold

1,489 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

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Jobs based in David, 2013 → 2023: 1,712 → 1,713. 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.