Work & commute · Hershey

Work & commute in Hershey, NE

Most working residents leave Hershey for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are North Platte (36%), Sutherland (13%) and Lincoln (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 215 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 199 Hershey residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 206 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hershey.

199live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

206work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hershey goes to work

North Platte13.1 mi away

36%77

Sutherland6.5 mi away

13%28

Hershey (in town)right here

7%16

Lincoln226.8 mi away

4%9

Kearney104.9 mi away

3%7

Grant43.7 mi away

2%4

Ogallala37.6 mi away

1%3

McCook68.9 mi away

1%3

Grand Island138.6 mi away

1%3

Omaha257.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%62

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

How far

How far Hershey commutes

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

30%

42%

23%

30%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hershey is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hershey are

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

Jobs based in Hershey

222 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Hershey residents hold

215 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+20%

Jobs based in Hershey, 2013 → 2023: 185 → 222. 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.