Work & commute · La Platte

Work & commute in La Platte, NE

Most working residents leave La Platte for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Omaha (48%), Bellevue (19%) and Papillion (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 27 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 27 La Platte residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Platte.

27live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Platte goes to work

Omaha14.7 mi away

48%13

Bellevue5 mi away

19%5

Papillion9.3 mi away

7%2

Council Bluffs, IA11.9 mi away

4%1

Boys Town16.3 mi away

4%1

La Vista10.6 mi away

4%1

Lincoln43 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

11%3

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

How far

How far La Platte commutes

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

33%

59%

33%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

0%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Platte is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in La Platte are

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

Jobs based in La Platte

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less50%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs La Platte residents hold

27 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month74%

−44%

Jobs based in La Platte, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 10. 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.