Colman House · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0How Diller works: jobs, income and commuting
Only 2% work in Diller; the top destination outside it is Fairbury (18%, 13 miles). Home is the office for 2% of workers (Nebraska 11%). Commuters spend 14 minutes getting to work on average; the Nebraska average is 19, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Diller
On a workday 127 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 189 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Diller on a workday afternoon, 23% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 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.
Where people from Diller work
Where Diller clocks in
18% 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.
Diller works in goods: 55% of its jobs
192 jobs are based in Diller.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Diller, 2013 → 2023: 176 → 192. 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 Diller’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 14 minutes each way, quicker than most of Nebraska
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Diller workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 113 commuters (the 2% 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.
Half of Diller commutes less than 25 miles
About 32% 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 Diller: questions
What is the median household income in Diller?
$78,333 (±$38,096) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Diller?
16.8%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Diller?
14 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Diller work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fairbury (18%, 13 mi), Beatrice (11%, 15 mi), Lincoln (11%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Diller without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Diller, from the people who make the trip.
More of Diller
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.