Work & commute · Loup

Work & commute in Loup, NE

Most working residents leave Loup for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Island (37%), Central City (7%) and Lincoln (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 326 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 306 Loup residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 169 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Loup.

306live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

169work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Loup goes to work

Grand Island22.3 mi away

37%119

Central City13.9 mi away

7%22

Lincoln85.5 mi away

6%19

Palmer2.1 mi away

5%15

St. Paul12.5 mi away

3%11

Aurora27.4 mi away

3%10

Omaha112.6 mi away

3%10

Columbus47 mi away

3%9

Hastings44.5 mi away

2%8

Kearney57.8 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%95

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.

53%

18%

22%

7%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Loup is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Loup are

189 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

189 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Loup residents hold

326 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+1%

Jobs based in Loup, 2013 → 2023: 187 → 189. 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.