Work & commute · Hemingford

Work & commute in Hemingford, NE

Most working residents leave Hemingford for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Alliance (18%), Scottsbluff (6%) and O'Neill (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

42 of 305 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 263 Hemingford residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 193 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hemingford.

263live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

193work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hemingford goes to work

Alliance18.2 mi away

18%56

Hemingford (in town)right here

14%42

Scottsbluff43.4 mi away

6%19

O'Neill226.2 mi away

4%11

Lincoln346.9 mi away

3%9

Omaha368.9 mi away

3%9

Gering45.5 mi away

3%8

Chadron35.1 mi away

2%7

McCook193.9 mi away

1%4

North Platte145.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%136

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

How far

How far Hemingford commutes

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

22%

35%

15%

28%

22%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hemingford is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hemingford are

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

Jobs based in Hemingford

235 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Hemingford residents hold

305 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−22%

Jobs based in Hemingford, 2013 → 2023: 302 → 235. 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.