Work & commute · Lakeview

Work & commute in Lakeview, NE

Most working residents leave Lakeview for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (48%), Columbus (12%) and Omaha (5%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 184 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 179 Lakeview residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 199 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lakeview.

179live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

199work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lakeview goes to work

Columbus4.4 mi away

48%88

Columbus4.6 mi away

12%22

Omaha70.4 mi away

5%10

Norfolk36.7 mi away

3%5

Lincoln59.9 mi away

3%5

Lakeview (in town)right here

3%5

Monroe11.8 mi away

2%4

Platte Center6.5 mi away

2%3

Waverly59.6 mi away

2%3

Shell Creek3.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%36

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

How far

How far Lakeview commutes

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

68%

17%

68%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lakeview is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lakeview are

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

Jobs based in Lakeview

204 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Lakeview residents hold

184 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+15%

Jobs based in Lakeview, 2013 → 2023: 177 → 204. 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.