Work & commute · Lexington

Work & commute in Lexington, NE

About one in 5 of Lexington’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Kearney (4%), Omaha (2%) and North Platte (2%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

1,136 of 5,388 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 4,252 Lexington residents head out of town to work, 1,136 work right here, and 1,696 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lexington.

4,252live here, work elsewhere

1,136live and work here

1,696work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lexington goes to work

Lexington (in town)right here

21%1,136

Kearney35.2 mi away

4%203

Omaha195.4 mi away

2%121

North Platte57.6 mi away

2%99

Lincoln160.7 mi away

2%93

Cozad13.8 mi away

1%75

Broken Bow43.7 mi away

1%56

Holdrege30.4 mi away

1%56

Grand Island73.2 mi away

1%53

Gothenburg23.6 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%3,467

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

How far

How far Lexington commutes

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

73%

15%

73%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lexington is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lexington are

2,832 jobs are based in Lexington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lexington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lexington

2,832 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Lexington residents hold

5,388 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

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Jobs based in Lexington, 2013 → 2023: 2,846 → 2,832. 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.