Work & commute · Overton

Work & commute in Overton, NE

Most working residents leave Overton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Kearney (14%), Lexington (12%) and Sumner (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 233 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 222 Overton residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Overton.

222live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

98work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Overton goes to work

Kearney24 mi away

14%33

Lexington11.2 mi away

12%28

Overton (in town)right here

5%11

Sumner14.5 mi away

4%9

Holdrege22.4 mi away

4%9

Omaha185.2 mi away

3%8

Lincoln149.8 mi away

3%6

Broken Bow46.2 mi away

2%5

Grand Island62.9 mi away

2%5

North Platte68.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%115

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

How far

How far Overton commutes

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

15%

52%

10%

23%

15%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Overton is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Overton are

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

Jobs based in Overton

109 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Overton residents hold

233 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−7%

Jobs based in Overton, 2013 → 2023: 117 → 109. 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.