Work & commute · Melbeta

Work & commute in Melbeta, NE

Most working residents leave Melbeta for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Scottsbluff (31%), Mitchell (10%) and Gering (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 39 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

47%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 39 Melbeta residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Melbeta.

39live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

5work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Melbeta goes to work

Scottsbluff9.5 mi away

31%12

Mitchell18.7 mi away

10%4

Gering8.1 mi away

5%2

Omaha387.7 mi away

5%2

Yuma, CO122 mi away

3%1

Fort Morgan, CO106.6 mi away

3%1

Bayard10.2 mi away

3%1

Bridgeport23.1 mi away

3%1

O'Neill254 mi away

3%1

Sidney53 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%13

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

How far

How far Melbeta commutes

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

44%

23%

31%

44%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Melbeta is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Melbeta are

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

Jobs based in Melbeta

5 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month60%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Melbeta residents hold

39 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+25%

Jobs based in Melbeta, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 5. 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.