Work & commute · Hayes Center

Work & commute in Hayes Center, NE

Most working residents leave Hayes Center for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are McCook (12%), Imperial (6%) and Hamlet (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

19 of 112 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 93 Hayes Center residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hayes Center.

93live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

65work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hayes Center goes to work

Hayes Center (in town)right here

17%19

McCook29.8 mi away

12%13

Imperial32.4 mi away

6%7

Hamlet14.3 mi away

5%6

North Platte44.7 mi away

4%5

Trenton23.2 mi away

3%3

Palisade12.1 mi away

2%2

Grant43.5 mi away

2%2

Holdrege86.5 mi away

2%2

Lincoln228.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%51

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

How far

How far Hayes Center commutes

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

18%

25%

34%

23%

18%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hayes Center is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.75 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hayes Center are

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

Jobs based in Hayes Center

84 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Hayes Center residents hold

112 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−33%

Jobs based in Hayes Center, 2013 → 2023: 125 → 84. 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.