Work & commute · Loup

Work & commute in Loup, NE

Most working residents leave Loup for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Island (9%), Kearney (8%) and Lincoln (5%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

78 of 431 working residents

Typical commute

38 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 353 Loup residents head out of town to work, 78 work right here, and 355 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Loup.

353live here, work elsewhere

78live and work here

355work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Loup goes to work

Loup City (in town)right here

18%78

Grand Island40.1 mi away

9%39

Kearney40.2 mi away

8%34

Lincoln123.7 mi away

5%23

Litchfield12.7 mi away

5%20

St. Paul26.8 mi away

3%14

Broken Bow36 mi away

3%14

Omaha151.3 mi away

3%12

Ravenna17.5 mi away

2%10

Ord22.6 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%178

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

How far

How far Loup commutes

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

20%

21%

29%

30%

20%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Loup is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Loup are

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

Jobs based in Loup

433 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Loup residents hold

431 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−16%

Jobs based in Loup, 2013 → 2023: 518 → 433. 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.