Work & commute · Wilcox

Work & commute in Wilcox, NE

Most working residents leave Wilcox for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Kearney (34%), Minden (8%) and Holdrege (8%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 166 working residents

Typical commute

24 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 155 Wilcox residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 115 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilcox.

155live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

115work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilcox goes to work

Kearney23.8 mi away

34%57

Minden14.1 mi away

8%14

Holdrege12.1 mi away

8%13

Wilcox (in town)right here

7%11

Hastings44 mi away

6%10

Grand Island57.3 mi away

4%7

Lincoln134.5 mi away

4%6

Omaha174.3 mi away

4%6

Aurora70.1 mi away

2%3

Campbell23.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%37

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

How far

How far Wilcox commutes

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

55%

15%

21%

8%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilcox is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wilcox are

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

Jobs based in Wilcox

126 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Wilcox residents hold

166 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+30%

Jobs based in Wilcox, 2013 → 2023: 97 → 126. 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.