Work & commute · Randolph

Work & commute in Randolph, NE

Most working residents leave Randolph for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Laurel (14%), Wayne (7%) and Norfolk (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 377 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 359 Randolph residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 212 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Randolph.

359live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

212work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Randolph goes to work

Laurel13.8 mi away

14%51

Wayne20.3 mi away

7%28

Norfolk24.4 mi away

6%22

Coleridge11.9 mi away

5%20

Lincoln113.9 mi away

5%19

Randolph (in town)right here

5%18

Omaha102.2 mi away

5%18

Hartington17.4 mi away

4%14

Sioux City, IA50 mi away

3%10

Yankton, SD35.4 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%169

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

How far

How far Randolph commutes

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

10%

50%

15%

25%

10%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Randolph is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Randolph are

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

Jobs based in Randolph

230 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Randolph residents hold

377 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−13%

Jobs based in Randolph, 2013 → 2023: 264 → 230. 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.