Work & commute · South Cedar

Work & commute in South Cedar, NE

Most working residents leave South Cedar for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Omaha (24%), Fremont (18%) and Lincoln (10%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 145 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 144 South Cedar residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Cedar.

144live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Cedar goes to work

Omaha29.5 mi away

24%35

Fremont9.4 mi away

18%26

Lincoln36.9 mi away

10%14

Wahoo8.6 mi away

4%6

Valley13 mi away

3%5

Cedar Bluffs3.8 mi away

2%3

Council Bluffs, IA40 mi away

1%2

Leshara9.5 mi away

1%2

Waterloo17.2 mi away

1%2

Boys Town26 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%48

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

How far

How far South Cedar commutes

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

25%

27%

43%

25%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

43%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Cedar is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Cedar are

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

Jobs based in South Cedar

17 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs South Cedar residents hold

145 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+31%

Jobs based in South Cedar, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 17. 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.