Work & commute · Skull Creek

Work & commute in Skull Creek, NE

Most working residents leave Skull Creek for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (22%), David City (14%) and Lincoln (14%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 130 working residents

Typical commute

26 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 129 Skull Creek residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Skull Creek.

129live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Skull Creek goes to work

Columbus24.1 mi away

22%28

David City8.7 mi away

14%18

Lincoln34.3 mi away

14%18

Omaha47 mi away

8%10

Columbus22.7 mi away

6%8

Grand Island76.6 mi away

4%5

Fremont27.4 mi away

3%4

Polk44.8 mi away

2%2

Hebron82.2 mi away

2%2

Seward25.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%33

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

How far

How far Skull Creek commutes

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

15%

28%

42%

15%

15%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

42%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Skull Creek is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Skull Creek are

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

Jobs based in Skull Creek

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Skull Creek residents hold

130 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−55%

Jobs based in Skull Creek, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 10. 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.