First Custer County Courthouse · Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainJobs and earnings in Callaway, and the trip to work
A typical one-way commute lasts 12 minutes, next to 19 for Nebraska and 26 for the U.S. For 0% of workers, the job is at home (Nebraska 11%). About one in ten work in Callaway itself; outside it, Broken Bow draws the most (24%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Callaway: the figures worth knowing
Commutes from Callaway are quick
The average trip to work takes 12 minutes, against 19 across Nebraska. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Nebraska worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Callaway workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 11% across Nebraska. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 209 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
About 12 minutes each way, quicker than most of Nebraska
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Callaway workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 251 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.
Who commutes out of Callaway, and who commutes in
On a workday 184 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 209 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Callaway to work: where people go
Where Callaway clocks in
24% of workers
6% 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 Callaway’s 234 jobs
234 jobs are based in Callaway.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Callaway, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 234. 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 Callaway’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Callaway’s commute, mile by mile
About 27% 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 Callaway: questions
What is the median household income in Callaway?
$51,146 (±$4,668) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Callaway?
8.7%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Callaway?
12 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Callaway work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Broken Bow (24%, 16 mi), Arnold (7%, 17 mi), Broken Bow Township (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Callaway without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Callaway, from the people who make the trip.
More of Callaway
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.