Work & commute · Plattsmouth

Work & commute in Plattsmouth, NE

Most working residents leave Plattsmouth for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Omaha (39%), Bellevue (7%) and Lincoln (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

473 of 3,145 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 2,672 Plattsmouth residents head out of town to work, 473 work right here, and 1,341 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plattsmouth.

2,672live here, work elsewhere

473live and work here

1,341work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plattsmouth goes to work

Omaha19.6 mi away

39%1,211

Plattsmouth (in town)right here

15%473

Bellevue9.9 mi away

7%210

Lincoln43 mi away

6%201

Papillion13.6 mi away

4%137

Council Bluffs, IA16.1 mi away

2%77

La Vista15.2 mi away

2%74

Gretna18 mi away

2%62

Columbus81.8 mi away

1%22

Boys Town21 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%658

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

How far

How far Plattsmouth commutes

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

23%

60%

10%

23%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plattsmouth is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Plattsmouth are

1,814 jobs are based in Plattsmouth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Plattsmouth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Plattsmouth

1,814 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Plattsmouth residents hold

3,145 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+3%

Jobs based in Plattsmouth, 2013 → 2023: 1,755 → 1,814. 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.