Ceresco has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 138 jobs in Ceresco for 403 working residents. Hardly any work in Ceresco itself; outside it, Lincoln draws the most (38%, 17 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 24 minutes, where Nebraska has 19 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Ceresco in brief
Ceresco and Lincoln trade workers both ways
Lincoln is the top workplace for Ceresco residents (38%) and also where the most people who work in Ceresco come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Ceresco 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 403 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Out of Ceresco to work: where people go
Where Ceresco clocks in
38% of workers
14% 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.
Getting to work from Ceresco takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ceresco workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 550 commuters (the 14% 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 a workday changes Ceresco
On a workday 401 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Ceresco on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
What Ceresco’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ceresco, 2013 → 2023: 161 → 138. 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 Ceresco’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Ceresco’s workers travel
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 Ceresco: questions
What is the median household income in Ceresco?
$96,944 (±$12,572) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ceresco?
2.9%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ceresco?
24 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ceresco work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lincoln (38%, 17 mi), Omaha (14%, 34 mi), Wahoo (10%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ceresco without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ceresco, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ceresco
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.