Work & commute · Ogallala

Work & commute in Ogallala, NE

53% of Ogallala’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are North Platte (7%), Grant (4%) and Omaha (3%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53%

1,070 of 2,027 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 957 Ogallala residents head out of town to work, 1,070 work right here, and 1,181 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ogallala.

957live here, work elsewhere

1,070live and work here

1,181work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ogallala goes to work

Ogallala (in town)right here

53%1,070

North Platte50.5 mi away

7%135

Grant19.7 mi away

4%73

Omaha294.7 mi away

3%62

Lincoln264.1 mi away

3%60

Paxton19.2 mi away

2%49

Kearney140.9 mi away

1%28

Grand Island175.8 mi away

1%24

McCook86 mi away

1%22

Lexington105.8 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%490

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

How far

How far Ogallala commutes

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

57%

27%

57%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ogallala is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ogallala are

2,251 jobs are based in Ogallala. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ogallala’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ogallala

2,251 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Ogallala residents hold

2,027 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−10%

Jobs based in Ogallala, 2013 → 2023: 2,488 → 2,251. 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.