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Ewing, Nebraska downtownPhoto: Ammodramus · Public domain
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Jobs & commute in Ewing

Ewing has 1.5 jobs for every working resident: 90 people commute in to work

Working residents average 17 minutes each way (Nebraska 19, U.S. 26). Only 6% work in Ewing; the top destination outside it is Chambers (14%, 21 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 59 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 90 people come in from elsewhere.

59live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
90work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night370
Workday400
370live here− 59head out to work+ 90come in to work= 400on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
1.49jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 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.

The commute map

14% of working residents work in Chambers

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

PageEwingBurwell: 2 residents work here (3%)Chambers: 9 residents work here (14%)Stuart: 3 residents work here (5%)NelighAtkinson: 5 residents work here (8%)O'Neill: 5 residents work here (8%)Fremont: 2 residents work here (3%)NorfolkLincoln: 4 residents work here (6%)Omaha: 3 residents work here (5%)Deloit Township: 2 residents work here (3%)Grattan TownshipInman TownshipFairview TownshipChambersAtkinsonO'NeillLincolnStuartOmahaEwing
1
Chambers21 mi away
14%9
2
Atkinson37.3 mi away
8%5
3
O'Neill20.9 mi away
8%5
4
Ewing (in town)right here
6%4
5
Lincoln132.2 mi away
6%4
6
Stuart47 mi away
5%3
7
Omaha136.6 mi away
5%3
8
Burwell52.3 mi away
3%2
9
Fremont111.1 mi away
3%2
10
Deloit Township9.5 mi away
3%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%24
The top trips

Where Ewing clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

The jobs

What the 94 jobs in Ewing are

94 jobs are based in Ewing. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ewing’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in EwingJobs Ewing residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms26%27%
Trade, transport & utilities47%25%
Services: health, schools, offices28%48%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less17%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%30%
Over $3,333 a month49%52%

Who does it

29 or younger14%19%
30 to 5443%49%
55 and older44%32%
−18%

Jobs based in Ewing, 2013 → 2023: 115 → 94. 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.

Time on the road

About 17 minutes each way, quicker than most of Nebraska

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
130 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Ewing17 min
Nebraska19 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
3%

of Ewing workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Ewing gets to work
91%Drive alone
6%Carpool
2%Walk

Share of the 170 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Nebraska: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.

How far

Half of Ewing commutes less than 38 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miChambers: 14% · 21 miAtkinson: 8% · 37.3 miO'Neill: 8% · 20.9 miLincoln: 6% · 132.2 miStuart: 5% · 47 miOmaha: 5% · 136.6 miBurwell: 3% · 52.3 miFremont: 3% · 111.1 miDeloit Township: 3% · 9.5 miChambers 14%Atkinson 8%O'Neill 8%Lincoln 6%Stuart 5%Ewing
EwingTop destinations (size = commuters)
13%Under 10 mi8 residents
24%10–24 mi15 residents
24%25–50 mi15 residents
40%Over 50 mi25 residents

About 40% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Ewing: questions

What is the median household income in Ewing?

$61,667 (±$10,188) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Ewing?

15.1%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Ewing?

17 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Ewing work?

6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chambers (14%, 21 mi), Atkinson (8%, 37 mi), O'Neill (8%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Ewing without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Ewing, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Ewing

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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.