Work & commute · Minatare

Work & commute in Minatare, NE

Most working residents leave Minatare for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Scottsbluff (45%), Gering (14%) and Lincoln (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 268 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 266 Minatare residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Minatare.

266live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

59work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Minatare goes to work

Scottsbluff9.2 mi away

45%121

Gering8.4 mi away

14%38

Lincoln360.9 mi away

3%9

O'Neill252.7 mi away

1%4

Chadron74.6 mi away

1%4

Kearney241.9 mi away

1%4

Grand Island273.6 mi away

1%3

Minatare (in town)right here

1%2

Bayard9.9 mi away

1%2

Valentine167.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%79

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

How far

How far Minatare commutes

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

60%

11%

24%

60%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Minatare is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Minatare are

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

Jobs based in Minatare

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Minatare residents hold

268 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−15%

Jobs based in Minatare, 2013 → 2023: 72 → 61. 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.