Work & commute · Elk

Work & commute in Elk, NE

Most working residents leave Elk for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (33%), Omaha (12%) and Wahoo (11%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 153 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 152 Elk residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elk.

152live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

7work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elk goes to work

Lincoln32.4 mi away

33%51

Omaha41 mi away

12%19

Wahoo12.1 mi away

11%17

Fremont22.2 mi away

6%9

Valparaiso12.5 mi away

5%7

Ceresco17.4 mi away

3%4

David City14.7 mi away

2%3

North Bend14.2 mi away

1%2

Seward27.7 mi away

1%2

La Vista40.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%37

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

How far

How far Elk commutes

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

34%

63%

1%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

63%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elk is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elk are

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

Jobs based in Elk

8 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less50%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Elk residents hold

153 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+100%

Jobs based in Elk, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 8. 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.