Work & commute · Lyons

Work & commute in Lyons, NE

Most working residents leave Lyons for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Omaha (9%), Pender (5%) and Decatur (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

60 of 365 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 305 Lyons residents head out of town to work, 60 work right here, and 215 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lyons.

305live here, work elsewhere

60live and work here

215work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lyons goes to work

Lyons (in town)right here

16%60

Omaha51.3 mi away

9%33

Pender17.2 mi away

5%18

Decatur12.5 mi away

5%18

Oakland7 mi away

4%15

Tekamah16.8 mi away

4%14

Sioux City, IA38.9 mi away

3%12

Lincoln78.5 mi away

3%11

Fremont34.3 mi away

3%10

Columbus57.3 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%167

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

How far

How far Lyons commutes

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

26%

27%

21%

26%

26%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lyons is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lyons are

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

Jobs based in Lyons

275 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Lyons residents hold

365 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−6%

Jobs based in Lyons, 2013 → 2023: 293 → 275. 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.