St. Paul's Methodist Protestant Church · Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainCulbertson has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 1% of workers, the job is at home; Nebraska has 11%. Culbertson has 105 jobs, and 198 of its residents work somewhere. Only 5% work in Culbertson; the top destination outside it is McCook (26%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Culbertson
On a workday 189 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Culbertson on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
Out of Culbertson to work: where people go
Where Culbertson clocks in
26% 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 place that makes things: 29% of Culbertson’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Culbertson, 2013 → 2023: 162 → 105. 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 Culbertson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 16 minutes from Culbertson
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Culbertson workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 295 commuters (the 1% 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.
Culbertson’s commute, mile by mile
About 25% 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 Culbertson: questions
What is the median household income in Culbertson?
$51,875 (±$17,123) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Culbertson?
11.6%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Culbertson?
16 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Culbertson work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McCook (26%, 12 mi), Trenton (19%, 10 mi), Palisade (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Culbertson 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 Culbertson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Culbertson
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.