Work & commute · Wallace

Work & commute in Wallace, NE

Most working residents leave Wallace for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are North Platte (45%), Hershey (3%) and Grand Island (2%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 128 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 125 Wallace residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 90 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wallace.

125live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

90work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wallace goes to work

North Platte29.3 mi away

45%58

Hershey23.9 mi away

3%4

Wallace (in town)right here

2%3

Grand Island146.7 mi away

2%3

Gothenburg53.1 mi away

2%2

McCook52.2 mi away

2%2

Hastings146.2 mi away

2%2

Kearney109.4 mi away

2%2

Hayes Center23.8 mi away

1%1

Beemer238 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%50

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

How far

How far Wallace commutes

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

27%

52%

20%

2%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

52%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wallace is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wallace are

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

Jobs based in Wallace

93 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Wallace residents hold

128 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

−24%

Jobs based in Wallace, 2013 → 2023: 122 → 93. 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.