Work & commute · Shell Creek

Work & commute in Shell Creek, NE

Most working residents leave Shell Creek for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (44%), Columbus (12%) and Omaha (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 476 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 460 Shell Creek residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 237 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shell Creek.

460live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

237work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shell Creek goes to work

Columbus7.5 mi away

44%209

Columbus8.3 mi away

12%59

Omaha74 mi away

5%24

Lincoln63.5 mi away

3%16

Norfolk34.5 mi away

2%11

Lakeview3.8 mi away

2%11

Monroe9.2 mi away

1%6

Platte Center2.8 mi away

1%5

Fullerton30 mi away

1%5

David City24.9 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%125

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

How far

How far Shell Creek commutes

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

60%

11%

20%

60%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shell Creek is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shell Creek are

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

Jobs based in Shell Creek

253 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Shell Creek residents hold

476 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+17%

Jobs based in Shell Creek, 2013 → 2023: 217 → 253. 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.