Work & commute · Wahoo

Work & commute in Wahoo, NE

Most working residents leave Wahoo for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Omaha (32%), Lincoln (16%) and Wahoo (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 234 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 231 Wahoo residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 245 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wahoo.

231live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

245work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wahoo goes to work

Omaha24.8 mi away

32%75

Lincoln26.1 mi away

16%38

Wahoo6.3 mi away

5%11

Fremont18.8 mi away

4%9

Gretna16.8 mi away

3%8

Papillion22.8 mi away

3%6

Yutan8 mi away

2%4

Valley13 mi away

2%4

Union7.9 mi away

2%4

Chalco19.8 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%71

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

How far

How far Wahoo commutes

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

13%

48%

31%

13%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wahoo is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wahoo are

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

Jobs based in Wahoo

248 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)88%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Wahoo residents hold

234 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+95%

Jobs based in Wahoo, 2013 → 2023: 127 → 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.