The Elms · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Elmwood has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
The trip to work takes 27 minutes on average, where Nebraska has 19 and the U.S. 26. There are 134 jobs in Elmwood; 392 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Elmwood itself; outside it, Lincoln draws the most (40%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Elmwood stands out on work
40% of Elmwood works in Lincoln
157 working residents, 40%, have their main job in Lincoln, 20 miles away. That’s 40 times as many as work in Elmwood itself. The commute map ↓
Elmwood workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 27 minutes each way, against 19 across Nebraska. Over a year that’s about 207 hours of commuting, 61 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 392 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Elmwood goes to work
Where Elmwood clocks in
40% of workers
18% 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.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Elmwood
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elmwood workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 322 commuters (the 13% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Elmwood
On a workday 390 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 132 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Elmwood on a workday afternoon, 38% 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 2024, primary jobs.
What Elmwood’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elmwood, 2014 → 2024: 56 → 134. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elmwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Elmwood
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
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 2024, 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 Elmwood: questions
What is the median household income in Elmwood?
$76,944 (±$19,978) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elmwood?
11.2%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elmwood?
27 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Elmwood work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lincoln (40%, 20 mi), Omaha (18%, 32 mi), Gretna (3%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Elmwood 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 Elmwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elmwood
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.