Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0For about two in three of its working residents, Emerald is a commute to Lincoln
Hardly any work in Emerald; the top destination outside it is Lincoln (67%, 8 miles). Emerald has 12 jobs, against 18 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Emerald by day
On a workday 18 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Emerald on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.
0.67 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Emerald to work: where people go
Where Emerald clocks in
67% 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.
42% of the jobs in Emerald make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Emerald, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 12. 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 Emerald’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Emerald
About 18% 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 Emerald: questions
What is the poverty rate in Emerald?
0.0%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Emerald work?
0% work in town.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Emerald, from the people who make the trip.
More of Emerald
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.