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Jobs & commute in Jacksonville

Most of Jacksonville commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident

Hardly any stay in Jacksonville for work; outside it, Elk Horn is the main destination (10%, 6 miles). There are 4 jobs in Jacksonville, and 10 of its residents work somewhere.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

4 jobs based here
Work in town
0%
0 of 10 working residents
Day and night

Jacksonville by day and by night

On a workday 10 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.

10live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
4work here, live elsewhere
Job hub or commuter town?
0.40jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

The commute map

The towns that employ Jacksonville’s residents

IrwinElk Horn: 1 residents work here (10%)Fontanelle: 1 residents work here (10%)Manning: 1 residents work here (10%)Harlan: 1 residents work here (10%)Denison: 1 residents work here (10%)Osceola: 1 residents work here (10%)Omaha: 1 residents work here (10%)JacksonvilleElk HornFontanelleManningHarlanDenisonOsceolaJacksonville
1
Elk Horn5.9 mi away
10%1
2
Fontanelle39.2 mi away
10%1
3
Manning18.8 mi away
10%1
4
Harlan9 mi away
10%1
5
Denison27.6 mi away
10%1
6
Osceola82.4 mi away
10%1
7
Omaha, NE53.7 mi away
10%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
30%3
The top trips

Where Jacksonville clocks in

10% of workers
5.9 mi awayElk Horn1 Jacksonville residents work here · Jobs & commute →
10%Fontanelle
10% of workers
39.2 mi awayFontanelle1 Jacksonville residents work here · Jobs & commute →
10% of workers
18.8 mi awayManning1 Jacksonville residents work here · Jobs & commute →

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

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

The jobs

Making and building: 75% of jobs based in Jacksonville

Jobs based in JacksonvilleJobs Jacksonville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms75%0%
Trade, transport & utilities25%40%
Services: health, schools, offices0%60%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%30%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%10%
Over $3,333 a month100%60%

Who does it

29 or younger0%40%
30 to 5475%40%
55 and older25%20%
−64%

Jobs based in Jacksonville, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 4. 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.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jacksonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

How far it is to work from Jacksonville

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miElk Horn: 10% · 5.9 miFontanelle: 10% · 39.2 miManning: 10% · 18.8 miHarlan: 10% · 9 miDenison: 10% · 27.6 miOsceola: 10% · 82.4 miOmaha: 10% · 53.7 miElk Horn 10%Fontanelle 10%Manning 10%Harlan 10%Denison 10%Jacksonville
JacksonvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
40%Under 10 mi4 residents
20%10–24 mi2 residents
20%25–50 mi2 residents
20%Over 50 mi2 residents

About 20% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

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

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

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
  • Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Jacksonville: questions

Where do people who live in Jacksonville work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elk Horn (10%, 6 mi), Fontanelle (10%, 39 mi), Manning (10%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Jacksonville, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Jacksonville

Jacksonville home →
HandbookGetting around JacksonvilleRoads, buses, parking and the basics
shortest commutes
RankingsTop towns in IAShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.