Work & commute · Tekamah

Work & commute in Tekamah, NE

About one in 5 of Tekamah’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Omaha (15%), Blair (12%) and Township 2 (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

153 of 716 working residents

Typical commute

24 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 563 Tekamah residents head out of town to work, 153 work right here, and 282 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tekamah.

563live here, work elsewhere

153live and work here

282work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tekamah goes to work

Tekamah (in town)right here

21%153

Omaha36.7 mi away

15%106

Blair17.1 mi away

12%83

Township 219.9 mi away

4%29

Fremont27 mi away

4%28

Lincoln70.8 mi away

2%15

Summit3.8 mi away

2%15

Oakland13.1 mi away

2%11

Lyons16.8 mi away

1%9

South Sioux City48.3 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%258

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

How far

How far Tekamah commutes

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

28%

23%

32%

17%

28%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tekamah is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tekamah are

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

Jobs based in Tekamah

435 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Tekamah residents hold

716 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−21%

Jobs based in Tekamah, 2013 → 2023: 551 → 435. 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.