Work & commute · Wayne

Work & commute in Wayne, NE

51% of Wayne’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Wakefield (6%), Norfolk (5%) and Omaha (5%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51%

1,154 of 2,246 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,092 Wayne residents head out of town to work, 1,154 work right here, and 1,939 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wayne.

1,092live here, work elsewhere

1,154live and work here

1,939work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wayne goes to work

Wayne (in town)right here

51%1,154

Wakefield7.7 mi away

6%134

Norfolk25.9 mi away

5%119

Omaha83.4 mi away

5%106

Lincoln100.1 mi away

3%77

Pender17.5 mi away

1%31

Sioux City, IA36.3 mi away

1%30

South Sioux City34.1 mi away

1%24

Grand Island114.6 mi away

1%16

Laurel14 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%541

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

How far

How far Wayne commutes

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

62%

10%

20%

62%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wayne is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wayne are

3,093 jobs are based in Wayne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wayne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wayne

3,093 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Wayne residents hold

2,246 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+17%

Jobs based in Wayne, 2013 → 2023: 2,637 → 3,093. 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.