Work & commute · Westerville

Work & commute in Westerville, NE

Most working residents leave Westerville for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Broken Bow (31%), Sargent (8%) and Lincoln (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 62 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 60 Westerville residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westerville.

60live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

33work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westerville goes to work

Broken Bow12.9 mi away

31%19

Sargent15.6 mi away

8%5

Lincoln147.5 mi away

8%5

Omaha173.5 mi away

6%4

Kilfoil21.7 mi away

5%3

Ansley8.8 mi away

3%2

Burwell28.6 mi away

3%2

Westerville (in town)right here

3%2

Columbus108 mi away

3%2

Anselmo28.2 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%17

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

How far

How far Westerville commutes

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

46%

11%

34%

8%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westerville is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westerville are

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

Jobs based in Westerville

35 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)86%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Westerville residents hold

62 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−20%

Jobs based in Westerville, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 35. 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.