Work & commute · Emerson

Work & commute in Emerson, NE

Most working residents leave Emerson for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux City (13%), Wakefield (10%) and South Sioux City (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 351 working residents

Typical commute

20 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 344 Emerson residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 179 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Emerson.

344live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

179work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Emerson goes to work

Sioux City, IA22.8 mi away

13%46

Wakefield7 mi away

10%35

South Sioux City20.4 mi away

7%24

Wayne14.7 mi away

5%18

Omaha78.3 mi away

5%16

Winnebago13.3 mi away

4%15

Pender11.6 mi away

3%12

Norfolk39.9 mi away

3%11

Lincoln101.5 mi away

2%8

Homer12.4 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%159

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

How far

How far Emerson commutes

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

16%

57%

20%

16%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Emerson is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Emerson are

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

Jobs based in Emerson

186 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Emerson residents hold

351 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

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Jobs based in Emerson, 2013 → 2023: 186 → 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.