Work & commute · Mullen

Work & commute in Mullen, NE

About one in 3 of Mullen’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are North Platte (10%), Omaha (4%) and Gothenburg (2%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39%

64 of 164 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 100 Mullen residents head out of town to work, 64 work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mullen.

100live here, work elsewhere

64live and work here

70work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mullen goes to work

Mullen (in town)right here

39%64

North Platte65.3 mi away

10%16

Omaha263.2 mi away

4%6

Gothenburg90 mi away

2%4

Kearney137.6 mi away

2%4

Thedford24.5 mi away

2%3

Broken Bow84.7 mi away

2%3

Grand Island159.2 mi away

2%3

Grant90 mi away

1%2

Ogallala72.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%57

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

How far

How far Mullen commutes

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

40%

16%

42%

40%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mullen is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mullen are

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

Jobs based in Mullen

134 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Mullen residents hold

164 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−32%

Jobs based in Mullen, 2013 → 2023: 197 → 134. 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.