Work & commute · Elmwood

Work & commute in Elmwood, NE

Most working residents leave Elmwood for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (41%), Omaha (18%) and Weeping Water (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 374 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 365 Elmwood residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 210 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elmwood.

365live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

210work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elmwood goes to work

Lincoln20 mi away

41%154

Omaha31.6 mi away

18%68

Weeping Water8.3 mi away

3%10

Elmwood (in town)right here

2%9

Eagle7.4 mi away

2%7

La Vista26.3 mi away

2%7

Waverly13.3 mi away

2%6

Papillion23.6 mi away

2%6

Bellevue27.9 mi away

2%6

Louisville12.7 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%96

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

How far

How far Elmwood commutes

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

12%

55%

27%

12%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elmwood is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elmwood are

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

Jobs based in Elmwood

219 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Elmwood residents hold

374 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+192%

Jobs based in Elmwood, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 219. 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.