Work & commute · Mead

Work & commute in Mead, NE

Most working residents leave Mead for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Island (17%), Central City (13%) and Clarksville (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 77 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 76 Mead residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mead.

76live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

42work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mead goes to work

Grand Island28.4 mi away

17%13

Central City9 mi away

13%10

Clarksville8.5 mi away

6%5

Shelby31 mi away

5%4

Columbus39.7 mi away

4%3

Silver Creek19.1 mi away

3%2

Clarks9.5 mi away

3%2

Genoa20.4 mi away

3%2

Fullerton8.8 mi away

3%2

Columbus36.8 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%32

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

How far

How far Mead commutes

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

17%

21%

45%

17%

17%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mead is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mead are

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

Jobs based in Mead

43 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)86%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Mead residents hold

77 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−22%

Jobs based in Mead, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 43. 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.