Work & commute · Tecumseh

Work & commute in Tecumseh, NE

About one in 3 of Tecumseh’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (15%), Omaha (9%) and Beatrice (3%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

175 of 586 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 411 Tecumseh residents head out of town to work, 175 work right here, and 814 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tecumseh.

411live here, work elsewhere

175live and work here

814work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tecumseh goes to work

Tecumseh (in town)right here

30%175

Lincoln39.6 mi away

15%88

Omaha62 mi away

9%54

Beatrice30.1 mi away

3%18

Waverly41.5 mi away

3%17

Auburn18.2 mi away

2%13

Columbus95.7 mi away

2%9

Nebraska City27.1 mi away

1%8

Johnson10.3 mi away

1%6

Pawnee City18.1 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%192

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

How far

How far Tecumseh commutes

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

33%

12%

28%

33%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tecumseh is a job hub

1.69jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Tecumseh are

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

Jobs based in Tecumseh

989 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Tecumseh residents hold

586 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−20%

Jobs based in Tecumseh, 2013 → 2023: 1,232 → 989. 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.