Work & commute · Valparaiso

Work & commute in Valparaiso, NE

Most working residents leave Valparaiso for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (35%), Wahoo (14%) and Omaha (13%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 300 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 296 Valparaiso residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valparaiso.

296live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

114work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Valparaiso goes to work

Lincoln20.4 mi away

35%104

Wahoo14.7 mi away

14%43

Omaha42.5 mi away

13%38

Fremont30.7 mi away

4%13

Ceresco9.9 mi away

2%6

Waverly19.5 mi away

2%6

Valparaiso (in town)right here

1%4

David City19.4 mi away

1%4

Stocking13 mi away

1%4

Valley29.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%75

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

How far

How far Valparaiso commutes

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

61%

30%

6%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Valparaiso is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Valparaiso are

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

Jobs based in Valparaiso

118 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Valparaiso residents hold

300 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−47%

Jobs based in Valparaiso, 2013 → 2023: 221 → 118. 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.