Work & commute · Holdrege

Work & commute in Holdrege, NE

51% of Holdrege’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Kearney (9%), Lincoln (4%) and Grand Island (3%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51%

1,362 of 2,655 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 1,293 Holdrege residents head out of town to work, 1,362 work right here, and 2,096 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Holdrege.

1,293live here, work elsewhere

1,362live and work here

2,096work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Holdrege goes to work

Holdrege (in town)right here

51%1,362

Kearney23.8 mi away

9%236

Lincoln144 mi away

4%98

Grand Island62.9 mi away

3%71

Omaha182.8 mi away

2%57

Hastings52.9 mi away

2%54

Lexington30.4 mi away

1%21

Minden21.9 mi away

1%19

Bertrand14.7 mi away

1%17

Alma23.2 mi away

0%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%707

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

How far

How far Holdrege commutes

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

60%

13%

20%

60%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Holdrege is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Holdrege are

3,458 jobs are based in Holdrege. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Holdrege’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Holdrege

3,458 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Holdrege residents hold

2,655 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+28%

Jobs based in Holdrege, 2013 → 2023: 2,709 → 3,458. 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.