Work & commute · Dodge

Work & commute in Dodge, NE

Most working residents leave Dodge for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Omaha (20%), Fremont (19%) and Snyder (7%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 245 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 237 Dodge residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 152 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dodge.

237live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

152work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dodge goes to work

Omaha53.3 mi away

20%50

Fremont28.2 mi away

19%46

Snyder5 mi away

7%18

Scribner11.8 mi away

6%14

West Point12 mi away

5%12

Lincoln63.9 mi away

4%11

Hooper21.1 mi away

4%9

Dodge (in town)right here

3%8

Valley38.6 mi away

2%6

Platte24.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%67

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

How far

How far Dodge commutes

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

11%

18%

37%

34%

11%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dodge is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dodge are

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

Jobs based in Dodge

160 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Dodge residents hold

245 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−18%

Jobs based in Dodge, 2013 → 2023: 196 → 160. 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.