Work & commute · Macy

Work & commute in Macy, NE

About one in 3 of Macy’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Blackbird (8%), Walthill (6%) and Pender (6%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38%

116 of 308 working residents

Typical commute

2 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 192 Macy residents head out of town to work, 116 work right here, and 417 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Macy.

192live here, work elsewhere

116live and work here

417work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Macy goes to work

Macy (in town)right here

38%116

Blackbird1.9 mi away

8%24

Walthill6.9 mi away

6%19

Pender17.7 mi away

6%19

Winnebago10 mi away

6%18

Sioux City, IA26.2 mi away

4%12

Anderson3.6 mi away

3%9

Lincoln91.6 mi away

2%6

Omaha61.1 mi away

2%6

Wayne33.9 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%75

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

How far

How far Macy commutes

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

61%

18%

12%

61%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Macy is a job hub

1.73jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Macy are

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

Jobs based in Macy

533 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Macy residents hold

308 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+196%

Jobs based in Macy, 2013 → 2023: 180 → 533. 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.