With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Holmesville works elsewhere
8 jobs are based in Holmesville, against 29 working residents. Hardly any work in Holmesville; the top destination outside it is Beatrice (28%, 7 miles). For 32% of workers, the job is at home, against 11% across Nebraska.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Holmesville
On a workday 29 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 40 people are in Holmesville on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Commuting out of Holmesville: the destinations
Where Holmesville clocks in
21% of workers
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Holmesville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holmesville, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 8. 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 Holmesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Holmesville
of Holmesville workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15 commuters (the 32% 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.
The distance from Holmesville to work
About 18% 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 Holmesville: questions
What is the median household income in Holmesville?
$72,083 (±$11,128) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holmesville?
0.0%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Holmesville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Beatrice (28%, 7 mi), Lincoln (21%, 42 mi), Marysville (7%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Holmesville 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 Holmesville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holmesville
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.