Work & commute · Meadow Grove

Work & commute in Meadow Grove, NE

Most working residents leave Meadow Grove for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Norfolk (32%), Battle Creek (7%) and Omaha (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 137 working residents

Typical commute

17 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 135 Meadow Grove residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Meadow Grove.

135live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

25work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Meadow Grove goes to work

Norfolk15.8 mi away

32%44

Battle Creek7.3 mi away

7%9

Omaha101.7 mi away

7%9

Tilden5 mi away

6%8

Lincoln100.6 mi away

3%4

Madison20 mi away

2%3

Meadow Grove (in town)right here

1%2

Lindsay22.9 mi away

1%2

Pierce15.8 mi away

1%2

Plainview22.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%52

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

How far

How far Meadow Grove commutes

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

18%

57%

20%

18%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Meadow Grove is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Meadow Grove are

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

Jobs based in Meadow Grove

27 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Meadow Grove residents hold

137 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+42%

Jobs based in Meadow Grove, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 27. 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.