Work & commute · Nickerson

Work & commute in Nickerson, NE

Most working residents leave Nickerson for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fremont (27%), Omaha (17%) and Lincoln (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 351 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 348 Nickerson residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nickerson.

348live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

37work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nickerson goes to work

Fremont5.4 mi away

27%95

Omaha29.5 mi away

17%61

Lincoln49.6 mi away

6%20

Snyder19.3 mi away

5%17

Scribner13 mi away

5%16

West Point24.4 mi away

4%15

Dodge23.8 mi away

3%11

Hooper6.8 mi away

3%10

Platte5.6 mi away

3%9

Hooper6.6 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%91

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

How far

How far Nickerson commutes

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

36%

29%

26%

36%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nickerson is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nickerson are

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

Jobs based in Nickerson

40 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities60%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Nickerson residents hold

351 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+208%

Jobs based in Nickerson, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 40. 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.