Work & commute · Leshara

Work & commute in Leshara, NE

Most working residents leave Leshara for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Omaha (30%), Fremont (20%) and Lincoln (11%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 304 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 302 Leshara residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leshara.

302live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

53work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leshara goes to work

Omaha21 mi away

30%92

Fremont7.7 mi away

20%61

Lincoln38 mi away

11%32

Valley4.5 mi away

6%18

Wahoo11.9 mi away

4%11

Cedar Bluffs9.5 mi away

2%7

Platte10.4 mi away

2%7

Bellevue29.5 mi away

2%5

Pohocco4.4 mi away

2%5

Blair21.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%62

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

How far

How far Leshara commutes

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

35%

41%

21%

35%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leshara is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Leshara are

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

Jobs based in Leshara

55 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Leshara residents hold

304 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−26%

Jobs based in Leshara, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 55. 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.