Du Bois has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
19% of workers work from home, where Nebraska as a whole has 11%. There are 13 jobs in Du Bois; 40 of its residents have a job. Only 2% stay in Du Bois for work; outside it, Pawnee City is the main destination (30%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Du Bois
On a workday 39 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 94 people are in Du Bois on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 Du Bois to work: where people go
Where Du Bois clocks in
30% of workers
8% 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.
What Du Bois’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Du Bois, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 13. 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 Du Bois’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Du Bois’ commute takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Du Bois workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 55 commuters (the 19% 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 far Du Bois’ workers travel
About 28% 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 Du Bois: questions
What is the poverty rate in Du Bois?
17.5%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Du Bois?
18 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Du Bois work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pawnee City (30%, 8 mi), Seneca (8%, 14 mi), Humboldt (8%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Du Bois 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 Du Bois, from the people who make the trip.
More of Du Bois
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.