Work & commute · Pender

Work & commute in Pender, NE

About one in 3 of Pender’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Pender (26%), Macy (9%) and Blackbird (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

167 of 582 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 415 Pender residents head out of town to work, 167 work right here, and 726 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pender.

415live here, work elsewhere

167live and work here

726work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pender goes to work

Pender2.1 mi away

26%153

Macy15.9 mi away

9%51

Blackbird16.7 mi away

5%28

Omaha67.8 mi away

4%26

Walthill9.6 mi away

3%18

Sioux City, IA29.4 mi away

3%16

Lincoln90.9 mi away

3%16

Winnebago13.1 mi away

3%15

Pender (in town)right here

2%14

Wayne18.6 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%233

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

How far

How far Pender commutes

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

32%

36%

11%

22%

32%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pender is a job hub

1.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Pender are

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

Jobs based in Pender

893 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Pender residents hold

582 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+1%

Jobs based in Pender, 2013 → 2023: 880 → 893. 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.