Work & commute · Elwood

Work & commute in Elwood, NE

Most working residents leave Elwood for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Lexington (14%), Kearney (6%) and Holdrege (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

46 of 301 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 255 Elwood residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 221 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elwood.

255live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

221work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elwood goes to work

Elwood (in town)right here

15%46

Lexington14.3 mi away

14%41

Kearney41.6 mi away

6%17

Holdrege27.5 mi away

5%14

North Platte59.3 mi away

3%9

Cozad19.8 mi away

3%8

Lincoln167.6 mi away

3%8

Omaha204.2 mi away

3%8

Gothenburg27.7 mi away

2%7

Cambridge26.5 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%138

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

How far

How far Elwood commutes

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

23%

34%

21%

22%

23%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elwood is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Elwood are

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

Jobs based in Elwood

267 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Elwood residents hold

301 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+3%

Jobs based in Elwood, 2013 → 2023: 259 → 267. 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.