Work & commute · Thayer

Work & commute in Thayer, NE

Most working residents leave Thayer for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are York (31%), Lincoln (22%) and Gretna (6%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 32 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 32 Thayer residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thayer.

32live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

28work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thayer goes to work

York8.6 mi away

31%10

Lincoln44.3 mi away

22%7

Gretna68.6 mi away

6%2

Omaha77.8 mi away

6%2

Platte Center39.2 mi away

3%1

Shelby15.9 mi away

3%1

Bennington74.7 mi away

3%1

Auburn95.5 mi away

3%1

Superior71.9 mi away

3%1

Fremont61.7 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

16%5

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

How far

How far Thayer commutes

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

38%

25%

28%

38%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thayer is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Thayer are

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

Jobs based in Thayer

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)86%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Thayer residents hold

32 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month31%

+33%

Jobs based in Thayer, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 28. 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.