Work & commute · Wahoo

Work & commute in Wahoo, NE

About one in 3 of Wahoo’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Omaha (18%), Lincoln (18%) and Fremont (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

634 of 2,068 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,434 Wahoo residents head out of town to work, 634 work right here, and 1,493 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wahoo.

1,434live here, work elsewhere

634live and work here

1,493work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wahoo goes to work

Wahoo (in town)right here

31%634

Omaha29.5 mi away

18%382

Lincoln28.3 mi away

18%366

Fremont16.8 mi away

4%77

Stocking2.9 mi away

2%35

Valley15 mi away

2%33

Center3.4 mi away

1%26

Papillion28.5 mi away

1%24

La Vista28.7 mi away

1%21

Gretna22.7 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%454

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.

36%

21%

38%

36%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wahoo is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wahoo are

2,127 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

2,127 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Wahoo residents hold

2,068 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+9%

Jobs based in Wahoo, 2013 → 2023: 1,958 → 2,127. 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.