Work & commute · Lake

Work & commute in Lake, NE

Most working residents leave Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Atkinson (27%), Omaha (18%) and Pella (9%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 11 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 11 Lake residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake.

11live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake goes to work

Atkinson35 mi away

27%3

Omaha142.1 mi away

18%2

Pella, IA294.6 mi away

9%1

Page19.7 mi away

9%1

Norfolk58 mi away

9%1

Hastings106.4 mi away

9%1

Francis28.6 mi away

9%1

Willowdale30.6 mi away

9%1

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

How far

How far Lake commutes

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

45%

0%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake are

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

Jobs based in Lake

9 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Lake residents hold

11 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−72%

Jobs based in Lake, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 9. 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.