Work & commute · Lindsay

Work & commute in Lindsay, NE

Most working residents leave Lindsay for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (22%), Humphrey (5%) and Omaha (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 115 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 107 Lindsay residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 356 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lindsay.

107live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

356work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lindsay goes to work

Columbus25.1 mi away

22%25

Lindsay (in town)right here

7%8

Humphrey10.8 mi away

5%6

Omaha90.1 mi away

5%6

Norfolk26.5 mi away

4%5

Humphrey14.3 mi away

4%5

Fremont64.9 mi away

3%4

Lincoln81.1 mi away

3%4

Granville8.3 mi away

3%4

Albion15.8 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%45

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

How far

How far Lindsay commutes

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

10%

43%

21%

25%

10%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lindsay is a job hub

3.17jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lindsay are

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

Jobs based in Lindsay

364 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)90%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Lindsay residents hold

115 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−34%

Jobs based in Lindsay, 2013 → 2023: 554 → 364. 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.