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Work & commute · Gordon

Work & commute in Gordon, NE

40% of Gordon’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Rushville (5%), Batesland (4%) and Omaha (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
40%
283 of 703 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
16 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 420 Gordon residents head out of town to work, 283 work right here, and 429 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gordon.

420live here, work elsewhere
283live and work here
429work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Gordon goes to work

Hay SpringsGordonRushvilleValentineChadronAllianceGeringScottsbluffSidneyGrand IslandLincolnOmahaBateslandWounded KneePine RidgeRushvilleBateslandOmahaChadronLincolnWounded KneeAllianceValentinePine RidgeGordon
1
Gordon (in town)right here
40%283
2
Rushville14.8 mi away
5%38
3
Batesland, SD22.8 mi away
4%30
4
Omaha333.1 mi away
2%16
5
Chadron40.5 mi away
2%15
6
Lincoln316.3 mi away
2%15
7
Wounded Knee, SD24.7 mi away
2%15
8
Alliance59.5 mi away
2%13
9
Valentine84.1 mi away
1%10
10
Pine Ridge, SD23.3 mi away
1%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
37%258

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

How far

How far Gordon commutes

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

49%Under 10 mi
17%10–24 mi
6%25–50 mi
28%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Gordon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gordon are

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

Jobs based in Gordon

712 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Gordon residents hold

703 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month46%
−4%

Jobs based in Gordon, 2013 → 2023: 738 → 712. 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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