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Work & commute in Yutan · A commuter town

98% of Yutan’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Yutan for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Omaha (34%), Lincoln (14%) and Wahoo (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Work in town
2%
13 of 736 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
28 min
More than NE (19 min)
Work from home
13%
More than NE (11%)
Jobs based here
156
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Yutan?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

34% of working residents work in Omaha

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

MemphisMead: 16 residents work here (2%)YutanAshland: 13 residents work here (2%)Wahoo: 33 residents work here (4%)Valley: 13 residents work here (2%)Gretna: 19 residents work here (3%)Fremont: 23 residents work here (3%)BellevueLincoln: 104 residents work here (14%)Omaha: 253 residents work here (34%)UnionPohoccoWahoo: 20 residents work here (3%)OmahaLincolnWahooFremontWahooGretnaYutan
1
Omaha17.8 mi away
34%253
2
Lincoln33.2 mi away
14%104
3
Wahoo11.7 mi away
4%33
4
Fremont14.4 mi away
3%23
5
Wahoo8 mi away
3%20
6
Gretna13 mi away
3%19
7
Mead4.9 mi away
2%16
8
Yutan (in town)right here
2%13
9
Ashland14.1 mi away
2%13
10
Valley5.5 mi away
2%13
Everywhere elseother towns and states
31%229
The top trips

Where Yutan clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of Nebraska

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
212 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Yutan28 min
Nebraska19 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
13%

of Yutan workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
Day and night

Yutan quiets down on a workday

On a workday 723 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 143 people come in from elsewhere.

723live here, work elsewhere
13live and work here
143work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1,800
Workday1,300
1,800live here− 720head out to work+ 140come in to work= 1,300on a workday

About 1,300 people are in Yutan on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.21jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Yutan commutes less than 16 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi40 miOmaha: 34% · 17.8 miLincoln: 14% · 33.2 miWahoo: 4% · 11.7 miFremont: 3% · 14.4 miWahoo: 3% · 8 miGretna: 3% · 13 miMead: 2% · 4.9 miAshland: 2% · 14.1 miValley: 2% · 5.5 miOmaha 34%Lincoln 14%Wahoo 4%Fremont 3%Wahoo 3%Yutan
YutanTop destinations (size = commuters)
14%Under 10 mi106 residents
60%10–24 mi441 residents
19%25–50 mi139 residents
6%Over 50 mi46 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 156 jobs in Yutan are

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

Jobs based in YutanJobs Yutan residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms17%21%
Trade, transport & utilities6%19%
Services: health, schools, offices77%60%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less19%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%17%
Over $3,333 a month56%67%

Who does it

29 or younger19%23%
30 to 5452%53%
55 and older29%24%
−7%

Jobs based in Yutan, 2013 → 2023: 167 → 156. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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