Work & commute · Mitchell

Work & commute in Mitchell, NE

Most working residents leave Mitchell for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Scottsbluff (37%), Gering (12%) and Omaha (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

73 of 649 working residents

Typical commute

10 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 576 Mitchell residents head out of town to work, 73 work right here, and 263 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mitchell.

576live here, work elsewhere

73live and work here

263work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mitchell goes to work

Scottsbluff9.2 mi away

37%239

Gering11 mi away

12%77

Mitchell (in town)right here

11%73

Omaha403.3 mi away

2%15

O'Neill266.6 mi away

2%13

North Platte168 mi away

2%12

Morrill6.1 mi away

2%11

Torrington, WY20.4 mi away

1%9

Lincoln378 mi away

1%7

Kimball49.7 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%187

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

How far

How far Mitchell commutes

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

52%

27%

19%

52%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mitchell is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mitchell are

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

Jobs based in Mitchell

336 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Mitchell residents hold

649 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+8%

Jobs based in Mitchell, 2013 → 2023: 312 → 336. 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.