Work & commute · Silver Creek

Work & commute in Silver Creek, NE

Most working residents leave Silver Creek for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Island (12%), Columbus (10%) and Central City (8%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 138 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 136 Silver Creek residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Silver Creek.

136live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Silver Creek goes to work

Grand Island45.2 mi away

12%16

Columbus18 mi away

10%14

Central City22.3 mi away

8%11

Omaha83.7 mi away

7%10

Clarks11.4 mi away

5%7

Columbus20.9 mi away

4%6

Lone Tree23.5 mi away

4%5

Aurora35.9 mi away

3%4

Osceola11.2 mi away

2%3

Norfolk50.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%59

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

How far

How far Silver Creek commutes

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

38%

28%

30%

4%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Silver Creek is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Silver Creek are

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

Jobs based in Silver Creek

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Silver Creek residents hold

138 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−81%

Jobs based in Silver Creek, 2013 → 2023: 166 → 32. 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.