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Jobs & commute in Filley

With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Filley works elsewhere

Employers in Filley report 17 jobs, against 55 working residents. Hardly any work in Filley itself; outside it, Lincoln draws the most (25%, 37 miles). For 3% of workers, the job is at home; Nebraska has 11%.

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

Day and night

Filley by day and by night

On a workday 55 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.

55live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
17work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night120
Workday83
120live here− 55head out to work+ 17come in to work= 83on a workday

About 83 people are in Filley on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.31jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Commuting out of Filley: the destinations

FilleyCortland: 1 residents work here (2%)DorchesterAdams: 4 residents work here (7%)Hickman: 1 residents work here (2%)Pawnee City: 1 residents work here (2%)TecumsehAuburnCrete: 2 residents work here (4%)Beatrice: 4 residents work here (7%)Lincoln: 14 residents work here (25%)Omaha: 6 residents work here (11%)Hooker Township: 2 residents work here (4%)Adams TownshipNemaha Township: 3 residents work here (5%)LincolnOmahaAdamsBeatriceNemaha TownshipCreteFilley
1
Lincoln37 mi away
25%14
2
Omaha72.1 mi away
11%6
3
Adams12.1 mi away
7%4
4
Beatrice11.2 mi away
7%4
5
Nemaha Township14.7 mi away
5%3
6
Crete32.2 mi away
4%2
74%2
8
Cortland17.7 mi away
2%1
9
Hickman24.1 mi away
2%1
10
Pawnee City23.4 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
31%17
The top trips

Where Filley clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Filley works in goods: 41% of its jobs

Jobs based in FilleyJobs Filley residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms41%18%
Trade, transport & utilities24%15%
Services: health, schools, offices35%67%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less12%7%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%24%
Over $3,333 a month47%69%

Who does it

29 or younger18%20%
30 to 5459%60%
55 and older24%20%
−19%

Jobs based in Filley, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 17. 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 Filley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

The daily trip from Filley: about 36 minutes

A year of commuting
276 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Filley36 min
Nebraska19 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
3%

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

About 0 in 10
How Filley gets to work
74%Drive alone
15%Carpool
11%Walk

Share of the 62 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.

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

How far

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Filley

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLincoln: 25% · 37 miOmaha: 11% · 72.1 miAdams: 7% · 12.1 miBeatrice: 7% · 11.2 miNemaha Township: 5% · 14.7 miCrete: 4% · 32.2 miHooker Township: 4% · 7 miCortland: 2% · 17.7 miHickman: 2% · 24.1 miPawnee City: 2% · 23.4 miLincoln 25%Omaha 11%Adams 7%Beatrice 7%Nemaha Township 5%Filley
FilleyTop destinations (size = commuters)
4%Under 10 mi2 residents
35%10–24 mi19 residents
38%25–50 mi21 residents
24%Over 50 mi13 residents

About 24% 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.

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 Filley: questions

What is the median household income in Filley?

$51,667 (±$39,595) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Filley?

12.1%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Filley?

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

Where do people who live in Filley work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lincoln (25%, 37 mi), Omaha (11%, 72 mi), Adams (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Filley 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 Filley, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Filley

Filley home →

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.