Work & commute · Milford

Work & commute in Milford, NE

Most working residents leave Milford for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (40%), Omaha (7%) and Seward (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

66 of 857 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 791 Milford residents head out of town to work, 66 work right here, and 553 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milford.

791live here, work elsewhere

66live and work here

553work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milford goes to work

Lincoln20 mi away

40%341

Milford (in town)right here

8%66

Omaha62.2 mi away

7%59

Seward9.7 mi away

6%52

Crete11.5 mi away

2%18

York28.9 mi away

2%15

Friend14.7 mi away

2%13

Grand Island68.9 mi away

1%11

Columbus48.6 mi away

1%8

Kearney106.3 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%267

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

How far

How far Milford commutes

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

23%

49%

10%

18%

23%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milford is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Milford are

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

Jobs based in Milford

619 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Milford residents hold

857 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−6%

Jobs based in Milford, 2013 → 2023: 660 → 619. 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.