Omaha draws about half of Cedar Creek’s working residents
The trip to work takes 32 minutes on average (Nebraska 19, U.S. 26). Hardly any work in Cedar Creek itself; outside it, Omaha draws the most (47%, 15 miles). 28 jobs are based in Cedar Creek; 236 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cedar Creek and work: the main findings
Nearly half of Cedar Creek works in Omaha
110 working residents, 47%, have their main job in Omaha, 15 miles away. That’s far more as work in Cedar Creek itself. The commute map ↓
Cedar Creek is a place people come home to
There are 28 jobs based in Cedar Creek, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cedar Creek has about 270 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Cedar Creek workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 19 across Nebraska. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 100 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 236 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Cedar Creek goes to work
Where Cedar Creek clocks in
47% of workers
5% 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.
In and out of Cedar Creek on a workday
On a workday 236 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Cedar Creek on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.
0.12 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
From Cedar Creek, about 32 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cedar Creek workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 199 commuters (the 12% 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.
Goods, not services: 75% of the jobs in Cedar Creek
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cedar Creek, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 28. 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 Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Cedar Creek
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 Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Cedar Creek?
$118,456 (±$7,884) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cedar Creek?
2.6%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cedar Creek?
32 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cedar Creek work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Cedar Creek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cedar Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cedar Creek
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.