Work & commute · Ravenna

Work & commute in Ravenna, NE

Most working residents leave Ravenna for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Kearney (26%), Grand Island (11%) and Lincoln (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

57 of 636 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 579 Ravenna residents head out of town to work, 57 work right here, and 267 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ravenna.

579live here, work elsewhere

57live and work here

267work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ravenna goes to work

Kearney24.6 mi away

26%168

Grand Island29.1 mi away

11%72

Ravenna (in town)right here

9%57

Lincoln117.1 mi away

5%33

Pleasanton10.7 mi away

5%32

Omaha148.9 mi away

3%16

Hastings40 mi away

2%13

Elm Creek32.8 mi away

1%5

North Platte96.7 mi away

1%4

Alda25.1 mi away

0%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%233

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

How far

How far Ravenna commutes

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

18%

35%

30%

17%

18%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ravenna is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ravenna are

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

Jobs based in Ravenna

324 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Ravenna residents hold

636 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−50%

Jobs based in Ravenna, 2013 → 2023: 651 → 324. 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.