Giltner has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working residents average 19 minutes each way, about the same as across Nebraska. 105 jobs are based in Giltner; 208 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Giltner itself; outside it, Grand Island draws the most (31%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Giltner and work: the main findings
Where the trip to work from Giltner ends
Where Giltner clocks in
31% of workers
16% of workers
5% 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.
Giltner on a workday afternoon
On a workday 205 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 102 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Giltner on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Jobs in Giltner: what the 105 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Giltner, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 105. 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 Giltner’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 19 minutes each way, about the NE average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Giltner workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 248 commuters (the 6% 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.
Where in the region Giltner works
About 20% 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 Giltner: questions
What is the median household income in Giltner?
$73,250 (±$10,563) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Giltner?
5.4%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Giltner?
19 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Giltner work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Island (31%, 15 mi), Aurora (16%, 10 mi), Kearney (5%, 49 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Giltner without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Giltner, from the people who make the trip.
More of Giltner
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.