Work & commute · Gretna

Work & commute in Gretna, NE

Most working residents leave Gretna for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Omaha (56%), Papillion (4%) and Lincoln (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

548 of 4,815 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,267 Gretna residents head out of town to work, 548 work right here, and 6,991 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gretna.

4,267live here, work elsewhere

548live and work here

6,991work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gretna goes to work

Omaha11.9 mi away

56%2,675

Gretna (in town)right here

11%548

Papillion6.3 mi away

4%185

Lincoln33.2 mi away

3%163

La Vista7.7 mi away

2%114

Bellevue13.5 mi away

2%97

Chalco4.9 mi away

1%68

Council Bluffs, IA19.4 mi away

1%45

Valley15.8 mi away

1%27

Boys Town9.5 mi away

0%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%873

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

How far

How far Gretna commutes

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

45%

48%

45%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gretna is a job hub

1.57jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Gretna are

7,539 jobs are based in Gretna. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gretna’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gretna

7,539 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Gretna residents hold

4,815 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+77%

Jobs based in Gretna, 2013 → 2023: 4,250 → 7,539. 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.