Work & commute · Elba

Work & commute in Elba, NE

Most working residents leave Elba for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Island (31%), St. Paul (20%) and Omaha (6%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 93 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 92 Elba residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elba.

92live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

56work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elba goes to work

Grand Island27.4 mi away

31%29

St. Paul7.6 mi away

20%19

Omaha130.6 mi away

6%6

Hastings48.5 mi away

3%3

Loup City20.7 mi away

2%2

Valentine149.4 mi away

2%2

Kearney48.4 mi away

2%2

Lincoln104 mi away

2%2

Centennial, CO351 mi away

1%1

Eddyville58 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%26

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

How far

How far Elba commutes

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

23%

44%

26%

23%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

44%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elba is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elba are

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

Jobs based in Elba

57 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Elba residents hold

93 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−5%

Jobs based in Elba, 2013 → 2023: 60 → 57. 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.