Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainHebron’s household incomes are lower than in 65% of U.S. towns
About one in three work in Hebron; the top destination outside it is Bruning (8%, 12 miles). Below the poverty line: 9.3% of residents, next to 10.6% across Nebraska. The two grades for Hebron are C− for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Why Hebron gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Hebron is better than 24% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Hebron’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.4%) is left out: Hebron’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Hebron could be anywhere from D to C+.
Who leaves Hebron for work, and who comes in
On a workday 457 residents head out to work, 221 work right here, and 608 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Hebron on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).
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 Hebron to work: where people go
Where Hebron clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
Inside Hebron’s 829 jobs
829 jobs are based in Hebron.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hebron, 2013 → 2023: 879 → 829. 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 Hebron’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Hebron: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hebron workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 724 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Hebron
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Hebron
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hebron is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.5% across Nebraska.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 763 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.0% of Hebron households have no vehicle (Nebraska 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hebron’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Hebron ranks 3,789th of 5,877 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 172 | Yutan NE | 1,451 | $103K | 0.7% | 8.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 234 | Buccaneer Bay NE | 1,418 | $161K | 4.9% | 0.0% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 307 | Pohocco Township NE | 1,296 | $100K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,787 | Rustburg VA | 1,417 | $73K | 22.3% | 7.5% | 5% | C− |
| 3,788 | George IA | 1,093 | $58K | 9.3% | 2.6% | 11% | C− |
| 3,789 | Hebron NE | 1,384 | $66K | 9.3% | 1.4% | 33% | C− |
| 3,790 | Nevins Township IN | 1,825 | $66K | 13.0% | 9.6% | 1% | C− |
| 3,791 | Kline Township PA | 1,482 | $53K | 16.0% | 5.7% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Hebron, the top three, the last and three more from Nebraska.
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 Hebron: questions
What is the median household income in Hebron?
$65,833 (±$8,008) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hebron?
9.3%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hebron?
16 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hebron work?
33% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bruning (8%, 12 mi), Lincoln (6%, 65 mi), Omaha (4%, 110 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hebron walkable?
Hebron is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hebron without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hebron, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hebron
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.