Work & commute · Falls

Work & commute in Falls, NE

46% of Falls’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (7%), Omaha (5%) and Hiawatha (5%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46%

770 of 1,670 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 900 Falls residents head out of town to work, 770 work right here, and 628 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Falls.

900live here, work elsewhere

770live and work here

628work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Falls goes to work

Falls City (in town)right here

46%770

Lincoln76.6 mi away

7%117

Omaha86.3 mi away

5%87

Hiawatha, KS14.9 mi away

5%77

Sabetha, KS14.7 mi away

3%45

Seneca, KS29.3 mi away

2%27

Auburn26 mi away

1%22

Grand Island156.7 mi away

1%18

Bern, KS20.9 mi away

1%15

Hiawatha, KS17.7 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%482

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

How far

How far Falls commutes

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

53%

15%

26%

53%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Falls is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Falls are

1,398 jobs are based in Falls. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Falls

1,398 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Falls residents hold

1,670 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−9%

Jobs based in Falls, 2013 → 2023: 1,536 → 1,398. 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.