Work & commute · Offutt AFB

Work & commute in Offutt AFB, NE

Most working residents leave Offutt AFB for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Omaha (48%), Bellevue (13%) and Lincoln (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 1,576 working residents

Typical commute

10 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 1,546 Offutt AFB residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 1,411 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Offutt AFB.

1,546live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

1,411work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Offutt AFB goes to work

Omaha12 mi away

48%760

Bellevue1.9 mi away

13%210

Lincoln44.8 mi away

6%98

Papillion8.3 mi away

6%90

Council Bluffs, IA8.7 mi away

3%45

La Vista8.7 mi away

3%40

Offutt AFB (in town)right here

2%30

Gretna14.4 mi away

2%25

Fremont36.7 mi away

1%16

Ralston8.2 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

16%251

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

How far

How far Offutt AFB commutes

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

54%

31%

54%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Offutt AFB is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Offutt AFB are

1,441 jobs are based in Offutt AFB. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Offutt AFB’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Offutt AFB

1,441 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Offutt AFB residents hold

1,576 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−9%

Jobs based in Offutt AFB, 2013 → 2023: 1,588 → 1,441. 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.