Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainWith 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Axtell works elsewhere
66 jobs are based in Axtell, against 295 working residents. Only 1% stay in Axtell for work; outside it, Kearney is the main destination (23%, 16 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 25 minutes (Nebraska 19, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Axtell and work: the main findings
Axtell and Kearney trade workers both ways
Kearney is the top workplace for Axtell residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Axtell come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Axtell is a place people come home to
There are 66 jobs based in Axtell, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Axtell has about 550 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Axtell workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 25 minutes each way, against 19 across Nebraska. Over a year that’s about 192 hours of commuting, 46 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 295 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Axtell: the destinations
Where Axtell clocks in
23% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
How a workday changes Axtell
On a workday 291 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in Axtell on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Commuting from Axtell: about 25 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Axtell workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 367 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Nebraska: 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.
45% of the jobs in Axtell make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Axtell, 2013 → 2023: 119 → 66. 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 Axtell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Axtell
About 21% 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.
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 Axtell: questions
What is the median household income in Axtell?
$72,083 (±$14,661) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Axtell?
14.5%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Axtell?
25 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Axtell work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kearney (23%, 16 mi), Holdrege (8%, 13 mi), Minden (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Axtell without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Axtell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Axtell
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.