Work & commute · Mead

Work & commute in Mead, NE

Most working residents leave Mead for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Omaha (32%), Lincoln (13%) and Wahoo (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 315 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 311 Mead residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mead.

311live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

126work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mead goes to work

Omaha22.7 mi away

32%101

Lincoln30.2 mi away

13%42

Wahoo6.8 mi away

6%20

Valley9.2 mi away

3%11

Gretna16.5 mi away

3%9

La Vista22 mi away

3%8

Fremont14.9 mi away

3%8

Wahoo4.1 mi away

2%6

Ashland14.1 mi away

2%5

Mead (in town)right here

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%101

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%

47%

29%

17%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mead is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mead are

130 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

130 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Mead residents hold

315 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−4%

Jobs based in Mead, 2013 → 2023: 135 → 130. 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.