Work & commute · Pender

Work & commute in Pender, NE

About one in 4 of Pender’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Macy (8%), Blackbird (5%) and Omaha (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

136 of 504 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 368 Pender residents head out of town to work, 136 work right here, and 700 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pender.

368live here, work elsewhere

136live and work here

700work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pender goes to work

Pender (in town)right here

27%136

Macy17.7 mi away

8%42

Blackbird18.6 mi away

5%24

Omaha67.7 mi away

4%22

Lincoln89.9 mi away

3%16

Sioux City, IA31.3 mi away

3%15

Walthill11.5 mi away

3%15

Pender2.1 mi away

3%13

Winnebago15.1 mi away

2%12

Wayne17.5 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%197

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%

10%

21%

32%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pender is a job hub

1.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pender are

836 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

836 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Pender residents hold

504 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+1%

Jobs based in Pender, 2013 → 2023: 831 → 836. 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.