Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Tabor has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Employers in Tabor report 190 jobs; 470 of its residents have a job. Only 5% work in Tabor; the top destination outside it is Omaha (14%, 32 miles). The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average, where Iowa has 20 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Tabor, in a few figures
Tabor’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Tabor is Omaha, NE, 32 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (68) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A lot of Tabor workers cross into Nebraska
34% of Tabor workers work outside Iowa, most of them in Nebraska, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Tabor workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 25 minutes each way, against 20 across Iowa. Over a year that’s about 192 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 470 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far it is to work from Tabor
About 19% 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.
Where people from Tabor work
Where Tabor clocks in
14% of workers
8% of workers
8% of workersLines 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.
From Tabor, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tabor workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 316 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Iowa: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
A workday in Tabor: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 448 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 168 people come in from elsewhere.
About 710 people are in Tabor on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
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 kinds of work in Tabor
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tabor, 2013 → 2023: 258 → 190. 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 Tabor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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.
Jobs and commuting in Tabor: questions
What is the median household income in Tabor?
$58,750 (±$19,986) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tabor?
14.5%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tabor?
25 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tabor work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Omaha (14%, 32 mi), Sidney (8%, 10 mi), Council Bluffs (8%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tabor without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tabor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tabor
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.