Work & commute · Kenesaw

Work & commute in Kenesaw, NE

Most working residents leave Kenesaw for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Hastings (51%), Grand Island (9%) and Kearney (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 446 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 433 Kenesaw residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 227 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kenesaw.

433live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

227work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kenesaw goes to work

Hastings14.1 mi away

51%226

Grand Island26.1 mi away

9%41

Kearney23 mi away

3%15

Lincoln104.7 mi away

3%14

Kenesaw (in town)right here

3%13

Omaha143 mi away

2%11

Juniata8.1 mi away

2%10

Sutton42 mi away

1%6

Inland23.8 mi away

1%6

Minden18.3 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%101

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

How far

How far Kenesaw commutes

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

69%

11%

12%

8%Under 10 mi

69%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kenesaw is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kenesaw are

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

Jobs based in Kenesaw

240 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Kenesaw residents hold

446 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−14%

Jobs based in Kenesaw, 2013 → 2023: 278 → 240. 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.