Work & commute · Hooper

Work & commute in Hooper, NE

Most working residents leave Hooper for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Fremont (19%), Omaha (18%) and West Point (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 389 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 374 Hooper residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 118 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hooper.

374live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

118work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hooper goes to work

Fremont12.3 mi away

19%72

Omaha35.2 mi away

18%69

West Point17.6 mi away

7%26

Snyder13.9 mi away

6%23

Lincoln55.7 mi away

6%22

Scribner7.1 mi away

4%16

Hooper (in town)right here

4%15

Hooper2.6 mi away

3%10

Dodge18.7 mi away

2%9

Valley22.4 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%118

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

How far

How far Hooper commutes

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

16%

44%

28%

12%

16%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hooper is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hooper are

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

Jobs based in Hooper

133 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Hooper residents hold

389 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−69%

Jobs based in Hooper, 2013 → 2023: 434 → 133. 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.