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Work & commute in Reading, NE

Most working residents leave Reading for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (15%), David City (13%) and Lincoln (10%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
2 of 215 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 213 Reading residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Reading.

213live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
127work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Reading goes to work

BellwoodBrainardPolkSchuylerDavid CitySewardFremontColumbusLincolnOmahaReadReadingUnionAlexisLinwoodColumbusSummitOliveColumbusDavid CityLincolnColumbusOmahaSchuylerSewardBrainardFremontAlexisReading
1
Columbus18.1 mi away
15%32
2
David City10.8 mi away
13%28
3
Lincoln41.7 mi away
10%22
4
Columbus19.1 mi away
9%20
5
Omaha65.5 mi away
7%14
6
Schuyler22.8 mi away
4%8
7
Seward21.7 mi away
3%6
8
Brainard16 mi away
2%5
9
Fremont46.4 mi away
2%5
10
Alexis12.4 mi away
2%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%71

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

How far

How far Reading commutes

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

14%Under 10 mi
49%10–24 mi
19%25–50 mi
18%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Reading is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Reading are

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

Jobs based in Reading

129 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)50%
Trade, transport & utilities41%
Services (health, schools, offices…)9%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month13%
Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Reading residents hold

215 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)33%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)46%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month60%
+93%

Jobs based in Reading, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 129. 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.

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