Work & commute · Valley

Work & commute in Valley, NE

Most working residents leave Valley for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Omaha (56%), Lincoln (3%) and Fremont (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

195 of 1,420 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,225 Valley residents head out of town to work, 195 work right here, and 3,428 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valley.

1,225live here, work elsewhere

195live and work here

3,428work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Valley goes to work

Omaha16.5 mi away

56%798

Valley (in town)right here

14%195

Lincoln38.7 mi away

3%42

Fremont10.5 mi away

3%40

Gretna15.8 mi away

2%24

Papillion19.1 mi away

2%24

Waterloo4.5 mi away

1%19

La Vista18 mi away

1%19

Chalco15.1 mi away

1%17

Bellevue25.1 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

16%229

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

How far

How far Valley commutes

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

29%

63%

29%Under 10 mi

63%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Valley is a job hub

2.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Valley are

3,623 jobs are based in Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Valley

3,623 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)81%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Valley residents hold

1,420 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+7%

Jobs based in Valley, 2013 → 2023: 3,400 → 3,623. 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.