Work & commute · Gothenburg

Work & commute in Gothenburg, NE

48% of Gothenburg’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Cozad (7%), Lexington (5%) and North Platte (5%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48%

763 of 1,596 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 833 Gothenburg residents head out of town to work, 763 work right here, and 920 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gothenburg.

833live here, work elsewhere

763live and work here

920work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gothenburg goes to work

Gothenburg (in town)right here

48%763

Cozad9.8 mi away

7%117

Lexington23.6 mi away

5%75

North Platte34 mi away

5%74

Kearney58.1 mi away

3%42

Lincoln181.9 mi away

2%38

Omaha214.8 mi away

2%35

Holdrege52.7 mi away

1%22

McCook55.5 mi away

1%18

Grand Island93.7 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%397

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

How far

How far Gothenburg commutes

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

53%

14%

10%

23%

53%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gothenburg is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gothenburg are

1,683 jobs are based in Gothenburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gothenburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gothenburg

1,683 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Gothenburg residents hold

1,596 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+4%

Jobs based in Gothenburg, 2013 → 2023: 1,614 → 1,683. 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.