Work & commute · Lewellen

Work & commute in Lewellen, NE

Most working residents leave Lewellen for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Oshkosh (27%), Scottsbluff (5%) and O'Neill (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 55 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 53 Lewellen residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lewellen.

53live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

28work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lewellen goes to work

Oshkosh11.7 mi away

27%15

Scottsbluff86.8 mi away

5%3

Lewellen (in town)right here

4%2

O'Neill196.1 mi away

4%2

Sidney45 mi away

4%2

Omaha316.1 mi away

4%2

Julesburg, CO24.7 mi away

2%1

Bridgeport54.5 mi away

2%1

Neligh219.2 mi away

2%1

Wayne271.8 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%25

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

How far

How far Lewellen commutes

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

50%

13%

33%

4%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lewellen is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lewellen are

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

Jobs based in Lewellen

30 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Lewellen residents hold

55 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+25%

Jobs based in Lewellen, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 30. 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.