Work & commute · Red Cloud

Work & commute in Red Cloud, NE

About one in 3 of Red Cloud’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hastings (12%), Grand Island (4%) and Omaha (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

122 of 404 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 282 Red Cloud residents head out of town to work, 122 work right here, and 308 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Red Cloud.

282live here, work elsewhere

122live and work here

308work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Red Cloud goes to work

Red Cloud (in town)right here

30%122

Hastings35.9 mi away

12%47

Grand Island58.3 mi away

4%18

Omaha152.8 mi away

4%16

Lincoln109.3 mi away

3%12

Superior24.8 mi away

2%10

Kearney51.7 mi away

2%8

Guide Rock10.3 mi away

2%7

Central City76 mi away

2%7

Bruning53.3 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%151

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

How far

How far Red Cloud commutes

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

40%

19%

32%

40%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Red Cloud is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Red Cloud are

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

Jobs based in Red Cloud

430 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Red Cloud residents hold

404 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+1%

Jobs based in Red Cloud, 2013 → 2023: 424 → 430. 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.