Work & commute · Howells

Work & commute in Howells, NE

Most working residents leave Howells for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Clarkson (11%), Columbus (9%) and Leigh (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 290 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 273 Howells residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Howells.

273live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

106work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Howells goes to work

Clarkson6 mi away

11%33

Columbus27 mi away

9%26

Leigh12.3 mi away

8%24

Howells (in town)right here

6%17

Norfolk30.3 mi away

6%16

Omaha58.7 mi away

5%14

Schuyler19.2 mi away

3%10

Lincoln65.4 mi away

3%10

West Point17.3 mi away

3%9

Columbus24.3 mi away

3%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%122

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

How far

How far Howells commutes

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

22%

33%

24%

21%

22%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Howells is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Howells are

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

Jobs based in Howells

123 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Howells residents hold

290 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−29%

Jobs based in Howells, 2013 → 2023: 173 → 123. 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.