Work & commute · O'Neill

Work & commute in O'Neill, NE

Most working residents leave O'Neill for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Pleasant View (9%), Atkinson (8%) and Omaha (6%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

50 of 504 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 454 O'Neill residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 1,630 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in O'Neill.

454live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

1,630work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where O'Neill goes to work

O'Neill (in town)right here

10%50

Pleasant View11.3 mi away

9%43

Atkinson17.4 mi away

8%41

Omaha157.1 mi away

6%31

Lincoln152.9 mi away

5%23

Stuart26.9 mi away

4%20

Sheridan16.1 mi away

4%19

Belle17 mi away

2%10

Valentine100.6 mi away

2%9

Atkinson19.1 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%249

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

How far

How far O'Neill commutes

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

13%

31%

13%

43%

13%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

O'Neill is a job hub

3.33jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in O'Neill are

1,680 jobs are based in O'Neill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs O'Neill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in O'Neill

1,680 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs O'Neill residents hold

504 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−18%

Jobs based in O'Neill, 2013 → 2023: 2,052 → 1,680. 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.