Work & commute · Scottsbluff

Work & commute in Scottsbluff, NE

51% of Scottsbluff’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Gering (13%), O'Neill (3%) and Omaha (2%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51%

3,179 of 6,174 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 2,995 Scottsbluff residents head out of town to work, 3,179 work right here, and 6,098 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scottsbluff.

2,995live here, work elsewhere

3,179live and work here

6,098work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scottsbluff goes to work

Scottsbluff (in town)right here

51%3,179

Gering2.8 mi away

13%804

O'Neill260 mi away

3%158

Omaha395.4 mi away

2%139

Lincoln369.6 mi away

2%119

North Platte159.2 mi away

1%75

Torrington, WY29.5 mi away

1%61

Terrytown1.5 mi away

1%43

Alliance43.5 mi away

1%42

Sidney62.1 mi away

1%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%1,513

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

How far

How far Scottsbluff commutes

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

74%

20%

74%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scottsbluff is a job hub

1.50jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Scottsbluff are

9,277 jobs are based in Scottsbluff. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Scottsbluff’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Scottsbluff

9,277 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Scottsbluff residents hold

6,174 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−11%

Jobs based in Scottsbluff, 2013 → 2023: 10,389 → 9,277. 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.