Work & commute · North Franklin

Work & commute in North Franklin, NE

Most working residents leave North Franklin for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Kearney (12%), Campbell (9%) and Minden (9%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 123 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 112 North Franklin residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 103 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Franklin.

112live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

103work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Franklin goes to work

Kearney32 mi away

12%15

Campbell2.2 mi away

9%11

Minden16.9 mi away

9%11

Holdrege33.2 mi away

6%7

Hastings28.5 mi away

6%7

Hildreth14.6 mi away

5%6

Franklin17.2 mi away

5%6

Grand Island47.9 mi away

4%5

Lincoln115.5 mi away

4%5

Blue Hill17.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%47

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

How far

How far North Franklin commutes

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

11%

33%

38%

18%

11%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Franklin is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in North Franklin are

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

Jobs based in North Franklin

114 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs North Franklin residents hold

123 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−25%

Jobs based in North Franklin, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 114. 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.