Work & commute · Potter

Work & commute in Potter, NE

Most working residents leave Potter for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sidney (45%), Scottsbluff (5%) and Lincoln (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 132 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 131 Potter residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 119 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Potter.

131live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

119work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Potter goes to work

Sidney18.5 mi away

45%60

Scottsbluff48.6 mi away

5%6

Lincoln346.8 mi away

4%5

Bridgeport32.8 mi away

3%4

O'Neill254.8 mi away

3%4

North Platte133.1 mi away

3%4

Dalton21.9 mi away

2%2

Chappell44.4 mi away

2%2

Holdrege212.4 mi away

2%2

Alliance65.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%41

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

How far

How far Potter commutes

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

57%

12%

29%

1%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Potter is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Potter are

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

Jobs based in Potter

120 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Potter residents hold

132 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+40%

Jobs based in Potter, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 120. 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.