Work & commute · Wausa

Work & commute in Wausa, NE

Most working residents leave Wausa for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Bloomfield (17%), Norfolk (6%) and Yankton (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

30 of 249 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 219 Wausa residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 242 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wausa.

219live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

242work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wausa goes to work

Bloomfield8.9 mi away

17%43

Wausa (in town)right here

12%30

Norfolk32.9 mi away

6%16

Yankton, SD28.1 mi away

5%12

Creighton18.9 mi away

4%11

Omaha114.6 mi away

4%11

Osmond10.1 mi away

3%7

Morton7.9 mi away

3%7

Lincoln124.8 mi away

2%6

Grand Island116.8 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%101

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

How far

How far Wausa commutes

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

36%

18%

22%

24%

36%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wausa is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wausa are

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

Jobs based in Wausa

272 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Wausa residents hold

249 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+3%

Jobs based in Wausa, 2013 → 2023: 263 → 272. 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.