Work & commute · Scotia

Work & commute in Scotia, NE

Most working residents leave Scotia for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Spalding (11%), Greeley Center (7%) and Grand Island (7%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 126 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 120 Scotia residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scotia.

120live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

96work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scotia goes to work

Spalding23.3 mi away

11%14

Greeley Center10.5 mi away

7%9

Grand Island41.8 mi away

7%9

Albion39.4 mi away

6%7

Scotia (in town)right here

5%6

Kearney56.5 mi away

5%6

Columbus69.6 mi away

4%5

Hastings62.4 mi away

4%5

Lincoln114.9 mi away

4%5

St. Edward44.1 mi away

3%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%56

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

How far

How far Scotia commutes

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

29%

28%

37%

6%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scotia is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Scotia are

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

Jobs based in Scotia

102 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Scotia residents hold

126 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+15%

Jobs based in Scotia, 2013 → 2023: 89 → 102. 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.