Most of Greenwood commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Greenwood itself; outside it, Lincoln draws the most (30%, 16 miles). 41 jobs are based in Greenwood, and 285 of its residents work somewhere. Working residents average 24 minutes each way, where Nebraska has 19 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Greenwood at work: what stands out
Greenwood is a place people come home to
There are 41 jobs based in Greenwood, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Greenwood has about 370 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Greenwood and Lincoln trade workers both ways
Lincoln is the top workplace for Greenwood residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Greenwood come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Greenwood workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 24 minutes each way, against 19 across Nebraska. Over a year that’s about 184 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 285 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Greenwood
On a workday 284 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.
About 370 people are in Greenwood on a workday afternoon, 40% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Greenwood’s residents
Where Greenwood clocks in
30% of workers
26% of workers
4% 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.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Greenwood
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greenwood workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 328 commuters (the 5% 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.
A place that makes things: 59% of Greenwood’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenwood, 2014 → 2024: 29 → 41. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greenwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Greenwood
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
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 2024, 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 Greenwood: questions
What is the median household income in Greenwood?
$90,774 (±$24,059) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greenwood?
24.2%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greenwood?
24 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greenwood work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lincoln (30%, 16 mi), Omaha (26%, 29 mi), Papillion (4%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Greenwood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Greenwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greenwood
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.