Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Farwell commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Farwell for work; outside it, Grand Island is the main destination (30%, 25 miles). There are 19 jobs in Farwell, against 47 working residents. Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 11% for Nebraska as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Farwell by day and by night
On a workday 47 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Farwell 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.
Where Farwell’s working residents head each day
Where Farwell clocks in
30% of workers
19% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Farwell: what the 19 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Farwell, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 19. 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 Farwell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Farwell’s commute takes about 42 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Farwell workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 46 commuters (the 0% 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.
Half of Farwell commutes less than 24 miles
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 Farwell: questions
What is the median household income in Farwell?
$52,500 (±$21,028) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Farwell?
7.7%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Farwell?
42 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Farwell work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Island (30%, 25 mi), St. Paul (19%, 9 mi), Omaha (6%, 134 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Farwell without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Farwell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Farwell
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.