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Work & commute · Fort Calhoun

Work & commute in Fort Calhoun, NE

Most working residents leave Fort Calhoun for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Omaha (49%), Blair (7%) and Lincoln (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
9%
54 of 581 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
12%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 527 Fort Calhoun residents head out of town to work, 54 work right here, and 430 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Calhoun.

527live here, work elsewhere
54live and work here
430work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Fort Calhoun goes to work

Council BluffsArlingtonFort CalhounBenningtonLa VistaBlairGretnaFremontBellevueLincolnOmahaTownship 1Township 2OmahaBlairLincolnTownship 1FremontTownship 2Council BluffsLa VistaGretnaFort Calhoun
1
Omaha13.5 mi away
49%286
2
Fort Calhoun (in town)right here
9%54
3
Blair8.1 mi away
7%43
4
Lincoln56 mi away
5%31
5
Township 12.1 mi away
3%15
6
Fremont23.9 mi away
2%14
7
Township 25.7 mi away
2%14
8
Council Bluffs, IA17.7 mi away
2%11
9
La Vista19.1 mi away
1%8
10
Gretna24.4 mi away
1%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
17%97

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

How far

How far Fort Calhoun commutes

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

27%Under 10 mi
61%10–24 mi
3%25–50 mi
10%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Calhoun is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Calhoun are

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

Jobs based in Fort Calhoun

484 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Fort Calhoun residents hold

581 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)64%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month67%
+10%

Jobs based in Fort Calhoun, 2013 → 2023: 440 → 484. 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.

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