Work & commute · Elim

Work & commute in Elim, NE

Most working residents leave Elim for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Callaway (18%), Broken Bow (18%) and Arnold (14%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 49 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 48 Elim residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elim.

48live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elim goes to work

Callaway11.7 mi away

18%9

Broken Bow27.9 mi away

18%9

Arnold12.2 mi away

14%7

Hastings101.9 mi away

6%3

Omaha212.2 mi away

6%3

Kearney66.9 mi away

4%2

Lincoln183.1 mi away

4%2

Oconto21 mi away

2%1

Stapleton25 mi away

2%1

Litchfield51.7 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%11

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

How far

How far Elim commutes

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

17%

33%

23%

27%

17%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elim is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elim are

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

Jobs based in Elim

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Elim residents hold

49 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+180%

Jobs based in Elim, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 28. 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.