Work & commute · School Creek

Work & commute in School Creek, NE

Most working residents leave School Creek for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Sutton (18%), Hastings (15%) and Harvard (10%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 61 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 58 School Creek residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in School Creek.

58live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where School Creek goes to work

Sutton4.2 mi away

18%11

Hastings26.6 mi away

15%9

Harvard11.1 mi away

10%6

Grand Island30.3 mi away

10%6

Geneva17.9 mi away

5%3

School Creek (in town)right here

5%3

Columbus60.3 mi away

3%2

Giltner15.8 mi away

2%1

Pender117.3 mi away

2%1

Henderson9.1 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%18

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

How far

How far School Creek commutes

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

25%

28%

20%

25%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

School Creek is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in School Creek are

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

Jobs based in School Creek

22 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)68%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs School Creek residents hold

61 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+1000%

Jobs based in School Creek, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 22. 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.