Work & commute · North Loup

Work & commute in North Loup, NE

Most working residents leave North Loup for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Ord (27%), Arcadia (6%) and Lincoln (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 135 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 131 North Loup residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Loup.

131live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

77work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Loup goes to work

Ord10.6 mi away

27%37

Arcadia18.9 mi away

6%8

Lincoln119 mi away

5%7

Burwell27.1 mi away

4%5

North Loup (in town)right here

3%4

Broken Bow45.4 mi away

3%4

York75.1 mi away

3%4

Columbus73.3 mi away

3%4

Grand Island45.1 mi away

3%4

Gothenburg81.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%55

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

How far

How far North Loup commutes

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

39%

17%

37%

7%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Loup is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Loup are

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

Jobs based in North Loup

81 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs North Loup residents hold

135 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−2%

Jobs based in North Loup, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 81. 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.