Work & commute · McCook

Work & commute in McCook, NE

58% of McCook’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are North Platte (4%), Omaha (3%) and Lincoln (2%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

58%

1,885 of 3,227 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

9 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 1,342 McCook residents head out of town to work, 1,885 work right here, and 2,017 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McCook.

1,342live here, work elsewhere

1,885live and work here

2,017work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McCook goes to work

McCook (in town)right here

58%1,885

North Platte63.9 mi away

4%127

Omaha250.1 mi away

3%93

Lincoln211.5 mi away

2%72

Kearney87.9 mi away

2%68

Grand Island128.7 mi away

1%37

Trenton20.8 mi away

1%27

Bartley16.7 mi away

1%25

Cambridge24.7 mi away

1%21

Lexington60.7 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%851

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

How far

How far McCook commutes

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

64%

27%

64%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McCook is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in McCook are

3,902 jobs are based in McCook. Here is what they are, next to the jobs McCook’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in McCook

3,902 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs McCook residents hold

3,227 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−6%

Jobs based in McCook, 2013 → 2023: 4,137 → 3,902. 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.