Work & commute · De Witt

Work & commute in De Witt, NE

Most working residents leave De Witt for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (23%), Crete (14%) and Wilber (13%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 246 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 241 De Witt residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in De Witt.

241live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

48work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where De Witt goes to work

Lincoln31.5 mi away

23%57

Crete16 mi away

14%34

Wilber6.4 mi away

13%32

Beatrice12.5 mi away

7%17

Omaha75.2 mi away

4%11

De Witt (in town)right here

2%5

Kearney115.4 mi away

2%4

Grand Island83.6 mi away

1%3

Blakely7.6 mi away

1%3

Hickman22.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%78

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

How far

How far De Witt commutes

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

20%

33%

30%

17%

20%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

De Witt is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in De Witt are

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

Jobs based in De Witt

53 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs De Witt residents hold

246 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−77%

Jobs based in De Witt, 2013 → 2023: 234 → 53. 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.