Work & commute · Wauneta

Work & commute in Wauneta, NE

Most working residents leave Wauneta for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Imperial (41%), Lincoln (4%) and Omaha (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 203 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 184 Wauneta residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 240 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wauneta.

184live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

240work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wauneta goes to work

Imperial15.5 mi away

41%84

Wauneta (in town)right here

9%19

Lincoln247.8 mi away

4%9

Omaha284.1 mi away

4%8

Ogallala52.6 mi away

3%6

Grand Island161.7 mi away

2%5

Holdrege104.9 mi away

2%4

North Platte58.8 mi away

2%4

McCook42.1 mi away

1%3

Holyoke, CO49.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%59

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

How far

How far Wauneta commutes

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

11%

49%

33%

11%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wauneta is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wauneta are

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

Jobs based in Wauneta

259 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Wauneta residents hold

203 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+11%

Jobs based in Wauneta, 2013 → 2023: 234 → 259. 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.