Photo: Public domain · Public domainFontanelle has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Fontanelle itself; outside it, Omaha draws the most (34%, 27 miles). Employers in Fontanelle report 9 jobs, against 44 working residents. Home is the office for 0% of workers (Nebraska 11%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Fontanelle on a workday afternoon
On a workday 44 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 25 people are in Fontanelle on a workday afternoon, 58% 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.
Out of Fontanelle to work: where people go
Where Fontanelle clocks in
34% of workers
14% 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.
78% of the jobs in Fontanelle pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fontanelle, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 9. 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 Fontanelle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Fontanelle
of Fontanelle workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 25 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 Fontanelle commutes less than 21 miles
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 Fontanelle: questions
What is the poverty rate in Fontanelle?
0.0%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Fontanelle work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Omaha (34%, 27 mi), Blair (14%, 15 mi), Fremont (14%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fontanelle 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 Fontanelle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fontanelle
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.