Work & commute · Elm Creek

Work & commute in Elm Creek, NE

Most working residents leave Elm Creek for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Kearney (48%), Grand Island (5%) and Omaha (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 427 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 413 Elm Creek residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elm Creek.

413live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

172work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elm Creek goes to work

Kearney15.4 mi away

48%205

Grand Island55 mi away

5%21

Elm Creek (in town)right here

3%14

Omaha177.3 mi away

3%14

Lincoln141.5 mi away

3%13

Holdrege19.4 mi away

2%7

Amherst9.9 mi away

1%5

Lexington19.8 mi away

1%4

Riverdale12.1 mi away

1%3

Alda48.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%138

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

How far

How far Elm Creek commutes

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

66%

23%

7%Under 10 mi

66%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elm Creek is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elm Creek are

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

Jobs based in Elm Creek

186 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Elm Creek residents hold

427 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−29%

Jobs based in Elm Creek, 2013 → 2023: 263 → 186. 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.