Work & commute · Omaha

Work & commute in Omaha, NE

Most working residents leave Omaha for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Macy (29%), Pender (11%) and Blackbird (8%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 355 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 331 Omaha residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 185 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Omaha.

331live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

185work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Omaha goes to work

Macy6.1 mi away

29%102

Pender12.2 mi away

11%40

Blackbird6.5 mi away

8%27

Walthill0.7 mi away

5%19

Winnebago6.3 mi away

4%15

Omaha64.9 mi away

3%12

Sioux City, IA24.5 mi away

2%8

Lincoln92.9 mi away

2%8

West Point24.4 mi away

2%6

Winnebago6.3 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%112

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

How far

How far Omaha commutes

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

53%

25%

17%

53%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Omaha is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Omaha are

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

Jobs based in Omaha

209 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Omaha residents hold

355 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−21%

Jobs based in Omaha, 2013 → 2023: 266 → 209. 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.