Work & commute · Greeley Center

Work & commute in Greeley Center, NE

Most working residents leave Greeley Center for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Spalding (12%), Grand Island (7%) and Scotia (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

20 of 173 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 153 Greeley Center residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 149 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greeley Center.

153live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

149work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greeley Center goes to work

Spalding13 mi away

12%21

Greeley Center (in town)right here

12%20

Grand Island44.2 mi away

7%12

Scotia10.5 mi away

5%8

Lincoln109.1 mi away

5%8

St. Paul23.4 mi away

3%6

Ord20.4 mi away

3%6

Omaha129.9 mi away

3%6

St. Edward34.6 mi away

2%4

Hastings66.2 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%78

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

How far

How far Greeley Center commutes

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

13%

35%

17%

35%

13%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greeley Center is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Greeley Center are

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

Jobs based in Greeley Center

169 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Greeley Center residents hold

173 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+69%

Jobs based in Greeley Center, 2013 → 2023: 100 → 169. 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.