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Jobs & commute in Bruno

Bruno has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each

There are 2 jobs in Bruno; 46 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Bruno itself; outside it, Lincoln draws the most (17%, 36 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 11% for Nebraska as a whole.

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

Day and night

Who commutes out of Bruno, and who commutes in

On a workday 46 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.

46live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
2work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night95
Workday51
95live here− 46head out to work+ 2come in to work= 51on a workday

About 51 people are in Bruno on a workday afternoon, 46% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.04jobs 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

Where people from Bruno work

Jerseyville: 1 residents work here (2%)Benedict: 1 residents work here (2%)BrunoPolk: 2 residents work here (4%)OsceolaDavid City: 6 residents work here (13%)Fremont: 2 residents work here (4%)Columbus: 7 residents work here (15%)Grand Island: 4 residents work here (9%)Lincoln: 8 residents work here (17%)Omaha: 2 residents work here (4%)Bone Creek TownshipColumbus Township: 2 residents work here (4%)LincolnColumbusDavid CityGrand IslandPolkFremontBruno
1
Lincoln35.9 mi away
17%8
2
Columbus23.2 mi away
15%7
3
David City8.8 mi away
13%6
4
Grand Island76.9 mi away
9%4
5
Polk45.1 mi away
4%2
6
Fremont26.9 mi away
4%2
7
Omaha47.1 mi away
4%2
8
Columbus Township21.6 mi away
4%2
9
Jerseyville, IL380.6 mi away
2%1
10
Benedict38.7 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
24%11
The top trips

Where Bruno clocks in

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

Bruno makes things: 50% of its jobs are in goods

Jobs based in BrunoJobs Bruno residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms50%15%
Trade, transport & utilities50%30%
Services: health, schools, offices0%54%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less50%20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%28%
Over $3,333 a month50%52%

Who does it

29 or younger0%24%
30 to 540%48%
55 and older100%28%
−33%

Jobs based in Bruno, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 2. 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 Bruno’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Time on the road from Bruno: about 23 minutes

A year of commuting
174 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Bruno23 min
Nebraska19 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Bruno gets to work
74%Drive alone
20%Carpool
6%Walk

Share of the 35 commuters (the 0% 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.

How far

Short hops and long hauls from Bruno

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLincoln: 17% · 35.9 miColumbus: 15% · 23.2 miDavid City: 13% · 8.8 miGrand Island: 9% · 76.9 miPolk: 4% · 45.1 miFremont: 4% · 26.9 miOmaha: 4% · 47.1 miColumbus Township: 4% · 21.6 miJerseyville: 2% · 380.6 miBenedict: 2% · 38.7 miLincoln 17%Columbus 15%David City 13%Grand Island 9%Polk 4%Bruno
BrunoTop destinations (size = commuters)
13%Under 10 mi6 residents
22%10–24 mi10 residents
48%25–50 mi22 residents
17%Over 50 mi8 residents

About 17% 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 Bruno: questions

What is the median household income in Bruno?

$37,212 (±$8,350) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Bruno?

12.5%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Bruno?

23 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Bruno work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lincoln (17%, 36 mi), Columbus (15%, 23 mi), David City (13%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Bruno without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

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

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Bruno

Bruno home →

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.