Work & commute · Oak Creek

Work & commute in Oak Creek, NE

Most working residents leave Oak Creek for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (35%), Wahoo (13%) and Omaha (13%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 454 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 448 Oak Creek residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oak Creek.

448live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

126work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oak Creek goes to work

Lincoln22.1 mi away

35%158

Wahoo15 mi away

13%60

Omaha43.4 mi away

13%58

Fremont30.5 mi away

4%16

Ceresco11.5 mi away

2%7

Waverly21.3 mi away

2%7

David City17.6 mi away

1%6

Chapman8.7 mi away

1%6

Stocking13.6 mi away

1%6

Valparaiso1.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%125

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

How far

How far Oak Creek commutes

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

60%

29%

6%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oak Creek is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oak Creek are

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

Jobs based in Oak Creek

132 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Oak Creek residents hold

454 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−45%

Jobs based in Oak Creek, 2013 → 2023: 242 → 132. 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.