Work & commute · Merry

Work & commute in Merry, NE

Most working residents leave Merry for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Winnebago (14%), Pender (11%) and Wayne (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 36 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 36 Merry residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Merry.

36live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

3work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Merry goes to work

Winnebago6.4 mi away

14%5

Pender9.9 mi away

11%4

Wayne21.1 mi away

8%3

Emerson7.6 mi away

6%2

Wakefield13.9 mi away

6%2

Lincoln97.9 mi away

6%2

Omaha72.2 mi away

6%2

Phoenix, AZ1032.3 mi away

3%1

Walthill7.5 mi away

3%1

Allen18.2 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%13

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

How far

How far Merry commutes

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

37%

29%

26%

37%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Merry is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Merry are

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

Jobs based in Merry

3 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Merry residents hold

36 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−94%

Jobs based in Merry, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 3. 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.