Work & commute · Tilden

Work & commute in Tilden, NE

Most working residents leave Tilden for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Norfolk (28%), Omaha (5%) and Battle Creek (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 483 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 462 Tilden residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 227 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tilden.

462live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

227work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tilden goes to work

Norfolk20.8 mi away

28%137

Omaha106.5 mi away

5%26

Tilden (in town)right here

4%21

Battle Creek12.3 mi away

4%20

Neligh11.7 mi away

4%18

Elgin13.5 mi away

3%16

Lincoln104.2 mi away

2%12

Madison24.3 mi away

2%8

Columbus48.5 mi away

1%7

Wayne44.2 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%212

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

How far

How far Tilden commutes

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

64%

22%

6%Under 10 mi

64%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tilden is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tilden are

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

Jobs based in Tilden

248 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Tilden residents hold

483 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−28%

Jobs based in Tilden, 2013 → 2023: 344 → 248. 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.