Work & commute · Friend

Work & commute in Friend, NE

Most working residents leave Friend for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (23%), Crete (12%) and Omaha (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

67 of 532 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 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 465 Friend residents head out of town to work, 67 work right here, and 277 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Friend.

465live here, work elsewhere

67live and work here

277work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Friend goes to work

Lincoln33.7 mi away

23%123

Friend (in town)right here

13%67

Crete17.5 mi away

12%63

Omaha76.9 mi away

6%34

Seward20.4 mi away

4%23

Dorchester8.8 mi away

4%19

York22.1 mi away

3%18

Milford14.7 mi away

2%9

Geneva18.4 mi away

2%9

Beatrice38.5 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%158

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

How far

How far Friend commutes

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

19%

33%

29%

18%

19%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Friend is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Friend are

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

Jobs based in Friend

344 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Friend residents hold

532 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−22%

Jobs based in Friend, 2013 → 2023: 441 → 344. 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.