Work & commute · Minden

Work & commute in Minden, NE

About one in 4 of Minden’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Kearney (22%), Hastings (5%) and Grand Island (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

393 of 1,497 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 1,104 Minden residents head out of town to work, 393 work right here, and 538 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Minden.

1,104live here, work elsewhere

393live and work here

538work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Minden goes to work

Minden (in town)right here

26%393

Kearney15.3 mi away

22%333

Hastings31 mi away

5%74

Grand Island43.2 mi away

5%68

Lincoln122.1 mi away

4%56

Omaha161.1 mi away

4%53

Holdrege21.9 mi away

3%46

Lexington45.2 mi away

1%10

Norfolk132.5 mi away

1%10

Columbus106.1 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%445

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

How far

How far Minden commutes

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

35%

34%

14%

17%

35%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Minden is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Minden are

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

Jobs based in Minden

931 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Minden residents hold

1,497 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−16%

Jobs based in Minden, 2013 → 2023: 1,106 → 931. 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.