Work & commute · La Vista

Work & commute in La Vista, NE

Most working residents leave La Vista for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Omaha (61%), Papillion (8%) and Lincoln (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
449 of 8,564 working residents
Typical commute
6 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
20 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
13%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,115 La Vista residents head out of town to work, 449 work right here, and 11,055 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Vista.

8,115live here, work elsewhere
449live and work here
11,055work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where La Vista goes to work

Council BluffsRalstonPlattsmouthLa VistaGretnaFremontPapillionBellevueLincolnOmahaChalcoOmahaPapillionLincolnBellevueRalstonGretnaCouncil BluffsChalcoFremontLa Vista
1
Omaha5.6 mi away
61%5,220
2
Papillion2.7 mi away
8%672
3
La Vista (in town)right here
5%449
4
Lincoln40.8 mi away
3%294
5
Bellevue7.2 mi away
3%278
6
Ralston2 mi away
2%164
7
Gretna7.7 mi away
2%138
8
Council Bluffs, IA11.7 mi away
1%109
9
Chalco3.5 mi away
1%100
10
Fremont28.1 mi away
0%36
Everywhere elseother towns and states
13%1,104

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

How far

How far La Vista commutes

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

85%Under 10 mi
7%10–24 mi
5%25–50 mi
3%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

La Vista is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in La Vista are

11,504 jobs are based in La Vista. Here is what they are, next to the jobs La Vista’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in La Vista

11,504 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities28%
Services (health, schools, offices…)46%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs La Vista residents hold

8,564 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)64%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month62%
+15%

Jobs based in La Vista, 2013 → 2023: 10,003 → 11,504. 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.

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