Work & commute · West Point

Work & commute in West Point, NE

About one in 3 of West Point’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Omaha (9%), Sherman (5%) and Fremont (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39%

648 of 1,664 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 1,016 West Point residents head out of town to work, 648 work right here, and 1,224 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Point.

1,016live here, work elsewhere

648live and work here

1,224work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Point goes to work

West Point (in town)right here

39%648

Omaha52.1 mi away

9%151

Sherman4.1 mi away

5%88

Fremont29.7 mi away

3%56

Lincoln71 mi away

3%53

Norfolk39.4 mi away

3%44

Wisner15 mi away

2%37

Pender18.9 mi away

2%30

Wayne31.7 mi away

1%24

Snyder10.1 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%511

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

How far

How far West Point commutes

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

49%

12%

18%

21%

49%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Point is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Point are

1,872 jobs are based in West Point. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Point

1,872 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs West Point residents hold

1,664 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−7%

Jobs based in West Point, 2013 → 2023: 2,021 → 1,872. 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.