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Work & commute · Leicester

Work & commute in Leicester, NE

Most working residents leave Leicester for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sutton (22%), Hastings (17%) and Grand Island (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
1 of 127 working residents
Typical commute
22 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 126 Leicester residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leicester.

126live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
41work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Leicester goes to work

CentennialBettendorfClatoniaHamptonShickleyCampbellHendersonHarvardClay CenterKenesawFairmontSuttonYorkHastingsGrand IslandLincolnOmahaHarvardInlandLeicesterSuttonHastingsGrand IslandLincolnOmahaHarvardShickleyHendersonKenesawFairmontLeicester
1
Sutton19 mi away
22%28
2
Hastings10.4 mi away
17%21
3
Grand Island19.5 mi away
7%9
4
Lincoln81.1 mi away
6%8
5
Omaha120 mi away
6%7
6
Harvard6.7 mi away
3%4
7
Shickley30.7 mi away
2%2
8
Henderson22.5 mi away
2%2
9
Kenesaw23.6 mi away
2%2
10
Fairmont32.9 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%42

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

How far

How far Leicester commutes

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

21%Under 10 mi
43%10–24 mi
13%25–50 mi
23%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Leicester is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Leicester are

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

Jobs based in Leicester

42 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities69%
Services (health, schools, offices…)19%
$1,250 a month or less2%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Leicester residents hold

127 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities30%
Services (health, schools, offices…)44%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month54%
−60%

Jobs based in Leicester, 2013 → 2023: 106 → 42. 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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