Work & commute · Humboldt

Work & commute in Humboldt, NE

Most working residents leave Humboldt for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Falls City (10%), Omaha (8%) and Lincoln (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

61 of 363 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 302 Humboldt residents head out of town to work, 61 work right here, and 222 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Humboldt.

302live here, work elsewhere

61live and work here

222work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Humboldt goes to work

Humboldt (in town)right here

17%61

Falls City19.6 mi away

10%36

Omaha76 mi away

8%29

Lincoln58.8 mi away

7%25

Sabetha, KS19.4 mi away

5%19

Auburn16.3 mi away

5%18

Seneca, KS23.6 mi away

4%15

Nebraska City35.5 mi away

2%7

Pawnee City11.7 mi away

2%6

Tecumseh19.2 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%141

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

How far

How far Humboldt commutes

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

21%

38%

33%

21%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Humboldt is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Humboldt are

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

Jobs based in Humboldt

283 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Humboldt residents hold

363 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−18%

Jobs based in Humboldt, 2013 → 2023: 345 → 283. 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.