Work & commute · Hastings

Work & commute in Hastings, NE

54% of Hastings’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Grand Island (10%), Lincoln (4%) and Kearney (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

54%

6,003 of 11,029 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 5,026 Hastings residents head out of town to work, 6,003 work right here, and 5,912 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hastings.

5,026live here, work elsewhere

6,003live and work here

5,912work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hastings goes to work

Hastings (in town)right here

54%6,003

Grand Island22.5 mi away

10%1,138

Lincoln91.1 mi away

4%436

Kearney37 mi away

3%363

Omaha130.4 mi away

3%336

Kenesaw14.1 mi away

1%88

Columbus79.2 mi away

1%67

Inland9.7 mi away

1%61

North Platte128.6 mi away

1%57

Sutton28 mi away

1%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%2,424

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

How far

How far Hastings commutes

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

61%

15%

17%

61%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hastings is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hastings are

11,915 jobs are based in Hastings. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hastings’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hastings

11,915 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Hastings residents hold

11,029 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−4%

Jobs based in Hastings, 2013 → 2023: 12,438 → 11,915. 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.