With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Cedar Bluffs works elsewhere
Employers in Cedar Bluffs report 94 jobs for 294 working residents. Only 3% work in Cedar Bluffs; the top destination outside it is Omaha (31%, 30 miles). The trip to work takes 24 minutes on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Cedar Bluffs apart
31% of Cedar Bluffs works in Omaha
90 working residents, 31%, have their main job in Omaha, 30 miles away. That’s 10 times as many as work in Cedar Bluffs itself. The commute map ↓
Cedar Bluffs workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 24 minutes each way, against 19 across Nebraska. Over a year that’s about 184 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 294 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Cedar Bluffs commutes to
Where Cedar Bluffs clocks in
31% of workers
11% 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.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Cedar Bluffs
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cedar Bluffs workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 331 commuters (the 5% 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 Cedar Bluffs, and who commutes in
On a workday 284 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Cedar Bluffs on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
In Cedar Bluffs, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cedar Bluffs, 2013 → 2023: 62 → 94. 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 Cedar Bluffs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Cedar Bluffs
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 Cedar Bluffs: questions
What is the median household income in Cedar Bluffs?
$92,639 (±$28,991) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cedar Bluffs?
9.6%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cedar Bluffs?
24 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cedar Bluffs work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Omaha (31%, 30 mi), Fremont (19%, 7 mi), Lincoln (11%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cedar Bluffs 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 Cedar Bluffs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cedar Bluffs
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.