Work & commute · Wilber

Work & commute in Wilber, NE

Most working residents leave Wilber for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (23%), Crete (14%) and Beatrice (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

96 of 789 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 693 Wilber residents head out of town to work, 96 work right here, and 356 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilber.

693live here, work elsewhere

96live and work here

356work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilber goes to work

Lincoln27.4 mi away

23%183

Crete10 mi away

14%107

Wilber (in town)right here

12%96

Beatrice18.4 mi away

7%54

Omaha72 mi away

7%54

De Witt6.4 mi away

1%10

Seward30.4 mi away

1%8

York42.5 mi away

1%8

Blakely13.9 mi away

1%7

Fremont70.8 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%256

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

How far

How far Wilber commutes

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

23%

34%

25%

19%

23%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilber is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wilber are

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

Jobs based in Wilber

452 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Wilber residents hold

789 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+5%

Jobs based in Wilber, 2013 → 2023: 430 → 452. 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.