Work & commute · Harrisburg

Work & commute in Harrisburg, NE

Most working residents leave Harrisburg for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Scottsbluff (10%), Gering (7%) and Wray (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

5 of 29 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 24 Harrisburg residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harrisburg.

24live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

69work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harrisburg goes to work

Harrisburg (in town)right here

17%5

Scottsbluff22.2 mi away

10%3

Gering19.4 mi away

7%2

Wray, CO128.3 mi away

3%1

Bruning332.3 mi away

3%1

Bridgeport33.5 mi away

3%1

O'Neill268.2 mi away

3%1

Kimball22.3 mi away

3%1

Gothenburg190.6 mi away

3%1

North Platte157.2 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%12

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

How far

How far Harrisburg commutes

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

21%

34%

10%

34%

21%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harrisburg is a job hub

2.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Harrisburg are

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

Jobs based in Harrisburg

74 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Harrisburg residents hold

29 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−24%

Jobs based in Harrisburg, 2013 → 2023: 97 → 74. 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.