Work & commute · Shickley

Work & commute in Shickley, NE

Most working residents leave Shickley for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Geneva (32%), Lincoln (11%) and Hastings (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 148 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 144 Shickley residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shickley.

144live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

101work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shickley goes to work

Geneva10.3 mi away

32%48

Lincoln61.4 mi away

11%17

Hastings37.1 mi away

5%8

York32 mi away

5%7

Fairmont16.7 mi away

3%5

Omaha105.1 mi away

3%5

Shickley (in town)right here

3%4

Bruning10.1 mi away

2%3

Exeter21.4 mi away

2%3

Hamilton4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%45

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

How far

How far Shickley commutes

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

20%

35%

20%

24%

20%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shickley is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shickley are

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

Jobs based in Shickley

105 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Shickley residents hold

148 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−30%

Jobs based in Shickley, 2013 → 2023: 150 → 105. 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.