Work & commute · Exeter

Work & commute in Exeter, NE

Most working residents leave Exeter for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (15%), Geneva (13%) and Fairmont (10%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 247 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 230 Exeter residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 214 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Exeter.

230live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

214work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Exeter goes to work

Lincoln42.1 mi away

15%37

Geneva11.1 mi away

13%31

Fairmont7.2 mi away

10%24

York17.3 mi away

9%23

Exeter (in town)right here

7%17

Exeter-Fairmont Consolidated1.8 mi away

2%6

Milligan10.5 mi away

2%5

Madison7.1 mi away

2%5

Glengary11 mi away

2%5

Friend8.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%90

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

How far

How far Exeter commutes

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

24%

37%

21%

17%

24%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Exeter is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Exeter are

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

Jobs based in Exeter

231 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Exeter residents hold

247 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+13%

Jobs based in Exeter, 2013 → 2023: 205 → 231. 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.