Work & commute · Summit

Work & commute in Summit, NE

Most working residents leave Summit for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Tekamah (27%), Omaha (19%) and Blair (11%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 186 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 182 Summit residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Summit.

182live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

37work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Summit goes to work

Tekamah3.8 mi away

27%50

Omaha36.3 mi away

19%35

Blair17 mi away

11%21

Lincoln68.3 mi away

4%7

Summit (in town)right here

2%4

Lyons15.5 mi away

2%3

Oakland10.5 mi away

2%3

Fremont24.1 mi away

2%3

Norfolk61.4 mi away

2%3

Township 219.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%54

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

How far

How far Summit commutes

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

34%

20%

28%

18%

34%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Summit is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Summit are

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

Jobs based in Summit

41 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)61%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Summit residents hold

186 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+52%

Jobs based in Summit, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 41. 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.