Work & commute · Pilger

Work & commute in Pilger, NE

Most working residents leave Pilger for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Norfolk (17%), Omaha (12%) and Stanton (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 95 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 94 Pilger residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pilger.

94live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

58work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pilger goes to work

Norfolk19.2 mi away

17%16

Omaha73 mi away

12%11

Stanton9.1 mi away

7%7

Lincoln85 mi away

5%5

Wayne16 mi away

4%4

Wisner7.3 mi away

2%2

West Point21.4 mi away

2%2

Blair57.3 mi away

2%2

Wisner5.5 mi away

2%2

Monterey19 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%42

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

How far

How far Pilger commutes

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

14%

41%

12%

34%

14%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pilger is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pilger are

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

Jobs based in Pilger

59 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities63%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Pilger residents hold

95 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+4%

Jobs based in Pilger, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 59. 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.