Work & commute · Webster

Work & commute in Webster, NE

Most working residents leave Webster for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Omaha (20%), Fremont (19%) and Snyder (7%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 362 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 352 Webster residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 199 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Webster.

352live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

199work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Webster goes to work

Omaha50.9 mi away

20%72

Fremont25.8 mi away

19%68

Snyder3.2 mi away

7%24

Lincoln62 mi away

6%21

Scribner9.7 mi away

5%18

West Point12.1 mi away

5%17

Hooper19 mi away

3%12

Dodge2.3 mi away

2%8

Valley36.3 mi away

2%8

Columbus32 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%109

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

How far

How far Webster commutes

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

11%

22%

35%

33%

11%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Webster is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Webster are

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

Jobs based in Webster

209 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Webster residents hold

362 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−20%

Jobs based in Webster, 2013 → 2023: 262 → 209. 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.