Work & commute · Nemaha

Work & commute in Nemaha, NE

Most working residents leave Nemaha for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (33%), Beatrice (13%) and Adams (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 407 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 398 Nemaha residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nemaha.

398live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

82work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nemaha goes to work

Lincoln22.6 mi away

33%134

Beatrice15.9 mi away

13%54

Adams6.6 mi away

8%32

Omaha61.5 mi away

7%27

Nemaha (in town)right here

2%9

Crete19.6 mi away

2%7

Hooker9.1 mi away

1%6

Hickman9.7 mi away

1%5

Adams6.1 mi away

1%5

Fremont66.4 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%124

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

How far

How far Nemaha commutes

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

17%

52%

11%

20%

17%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nemaha is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nemaha are

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

Jobs based in Nemaha

91 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Nemaha residents hold

407 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+102%

Jobs based in Nemaha, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 91. 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.