Work & commute · Lewis

Work & commute in Lewis, NE

Most working residents leave Lewis for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Sutton (32%), Hastings (19%) and Grand Island (11%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 47 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 47 Lewis residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lewis.

47live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

12work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lewis goes to work

Sutton7.4 mi away

32%15

Hastings21.3 mi away

19%9

Grand Island31.4 mi away

11%5

Harvard6.9 mi away

6%3

Clay Center4.5 mi away

6%3

Trumbull17 mi away

2%1

Davenport19.7 mi away

2%1

Geneva20.6 mi away

2%1

Aurora20.7 mi away

2%1

Chadron302.2 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

15%7

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

How far

How far Lewis commutes

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

45%

32%

13%

11%

45%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lewis is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lewis are

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

Jobs based in Lewis

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Lewis residents hold

47 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+9%

Jobs based in Lewis, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 12. 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.