Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainAbout half of Doniphan’s working residents commute to Grand Island
For 1% of workers, the job is at home; Nebraska has 11%. Only 5% work in Doniphan itself; outside it, Grand Island draws the most (49%, 10 miles). A typical one-way commute from Doniphan lasts 17 minutes (Nebraska 19, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Doniphan at work: what stands out
Nearly half of Doniphan works in Grand Island
183 working residents, 49%, have their main job in Grand Island, 10 miles away. That’s 10 times as many as work in Doniphan itself. The commute map ↓
Few Doniphan workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 11% across Nebraska. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 377 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Doniphan’s working residents head each day
Where Doniphan clocks in
49% of workers
3% 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.
Commuting from Doniphan: about 17 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Doniphan workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 629 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.
Who commutes out of Doniphan, and who commutes in
On a workday 358 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 295 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 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.
Jobs in Doniphan: what the 314 are
314 jobs are based in Doniphan.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Doniphan, 2013 → 2023: 276 → 314. 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 Doniphan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Doniphan
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 Doniphan: questions
What is the median household income in Doniphan?
$87,212 (±$24,628) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Doniphan?
7.0%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Doniphan?
17 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Doniphan work?
5% work in town.
Can you get around Doniphan without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Doniphan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Doniphan
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.