Photo: Bkell · Public domainMaking a living in Bassett
For 4% of workers, the job is at home, next to 11% for Nebraska as a whole. About one in three work in Bassett itself; outside it, Ainsworth draws the most (11%, 16 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 9 minutes, next to 19 for Nebraska and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Bassett apart on work
How long Bassett spends getting to work: about 9 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bassett workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 299 commuters (the 4% 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.
Who works in Bassett, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 170 residents head out to work, 78 work right here, and 253 people come in from elsewhere.
About 620 people are in Bassett on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Bassett to work: where people go
Where Bassett clocks in
11% of workers
4% 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.
Inside Bassett’s 331 jobs
331 jobs are based in Bassett.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bassett, 2014 → 2024: 267 → 331. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bassett’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Bassett works
About 24% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Bassett: questions
What is the median household income in Bassett?
$42,697 (±$5,247) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bassett?
16.6%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bassett?
9 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bassett work?
31% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ainsworth (11%, 16 mi), Stuart (5%, 20 mi), O'Neill (4%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Bassett without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bassett, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bassett
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.