Work & commute · Ponca

Work & commute in Ponca, NE

Most working residents leave Ponca for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Ponca (19%), Sioux City (18%) and South Sioux City (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 182 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 179 Ponca residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ponca.

179live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ponca goes to work

Ponca2.4 mi away

19%35

Sioux City, IA18.9 mi away

18%32

South Sioux City18.8 mi away

7%13

Omaha98.3 mi away

4%7

Lincoln123.1 mi away

3%5

Vermillion, SD16.2 mi away

3%5

Norfolk52.6 mi away

2%4

Dakota Dunes, SD14.7 mi away

2%4

Yankton, SD39.1 mi away

2%3

Ponca (in town)right here

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%71

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

How far

How far Ponca commutes

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

23%

44%

23%

23%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ponca is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ponca are

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

Jobs based in Ponca

26 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities58%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Ponca residents hold

182 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+18%

Jobs based in Ponca, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 26. 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.