Work & commute · Ralston

Work & commute in Ralston, NE

Most working residents leave Ralston for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Omaha (65%), Papillion (5%) and La Vista (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

173 of 3,246 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,073 Ralston residents head out of town to work, 173 work right here, and 3,226 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ralston.

3,073live here, work elsewhere

173live and work here

3,226work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ralston goes to work

Omaha4.4 mi away

65%2,101

Ralston (in town)right here

5%173

Papillion4.4 mi away

5%150

La Vista2 mi away

4%125

Lincoln42.8 mi away

3%105

Bellevue6.4 mi away

2%66

Council Bluffs, IA9.9 mi away

2%50

Gretna9.7 mi away

1%45

Fremont28.6 mi away

1%25

Chalco5.2 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

12%384

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

How far

How far Ralston commutes

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

86%

86%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ralston is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ralston are

3,399 jobs are based in Ralston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ralston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ralston

3,399 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Ralston residents hold

3,246 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+9%

Jobs based in Ralston, 2013 → 2023: 3,110 → 3,399. 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.