Work & commute · Papillion

Work & commute in Papillion, NE

Most working residents leave Papillion for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Omaha (56%), Bellevue (5%) and La Vista (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,590 of 12,766 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,176 Papillion residents head out of town to work, 1,590 work right here, and 15,092 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Papillion.

11,176live here, work elsewhere

1,590live and work here

15,092work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Papillion goes to work

Omaha8.3 mi away

56%7,100

Papillion (in town)right here

12%1,590

Bellevue7.3 mi away

5%618

La Vista2.7 mi away

4%538

Lincoln38.7 mi away

4%459

Council Bluffs, IA13.3 mi away

2%232

Gretna6.3 mi away

2%232

Ralston4.4 mi away

1%167

Offutt AFB8.3 mi away

1%133

Chalco4 mi away

1%113

Everywhere elseother towns and states

12%1,584

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

How far

How far Papillion commutes

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

79%

13%

79%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Papillion is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Papillion are

16,682 jobs are based in Papillion. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Papillion’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Papillion

16,682 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Papillion residents hold

12,766 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+35%

Jobs based in Papillion, 2013 → 2023: 12,378 → 16,682. 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.