Work & commute · McCool Junction

Work & commute in McCool Junction, NE

Most working residents leave McCool Junction for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are York (19%), Lincoln (13%) and Henderson (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 165 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 159 McCool Junction residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McCool Junction.

159live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

104work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McCool Junction goes to work

York8.6 mi away

19%32

Lincoln48.6 mi away

13%22

Henderson11.4 mi away

8%13

Omaha88.2 mi away

5%8

McCool Junction (in town)right here

4%6

Aurora22.8 mi away

4%6

Grand Island41.5 mi away

4%6

Sutton16.5 mi away

2%3

Geneva14.8 mi away

2%3

Hastings42.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%63

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

How far

How far McCool Junction commutes

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

28%

27%

24%

21%

28%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McCool Junction is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in McCool Junction are

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

Jobs based in McCool Junction

110 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs McCool Junction residents hold

165 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−12%

Jobs based in McCool Junction, 2013 → 2023: 125 → 110. 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.