Work & commute · Platte Center

Work & commute in Platte Center, NE

Most working residents leave Platte Center for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (36%), Columbus (9%) and Omaha (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 158 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 156 Platte Center residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Platte Center.

156live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

34work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Platte Center goes to work

Columbus9.7 mi away

36%57

Columbus10.9 mi away

9%15

Omaha76.8 mi away

8%12

Lakeview6.5 mi away

3%5

Lincoln65.7 mi away

3%4

Lindsay15.4 mi away

2%3

St. Edward19.4 mi away

2%3

Sioux City, IA87 mi away

1%2

Platte Center (in town)right here

1%2

Fullerton27.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%53

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

How far

How far Platte Center commutes

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

33%

31%

28%

33%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Platte Center is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Platte Center are

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

Jobs based in Platte Center

36 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Platte Center residents hold

158 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−22%

Jobs based in Platte Center, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 36. 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.