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Jobs & commute in Huntley

Most of Huntley commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident

Hardly any work in Huntley itself; outside it, Alma draws the most (30%, 8 miles). Employers in Huntley report 4 jobs for 23 working residents. Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Nebraska as a whole has 11%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How many people are in Huntley by day

On a workday 23 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.

23live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
4work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night32
Workday13
32live here− 23head out to work+ 4come in to work= 13on a workday

About 13 people are in Huntley on a workday afternoon, 59% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.17jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Huntley’s working residents head each day

HuntleyEdison: 1 residents work here (4%)Deshler: 1 residents work here (4%)Orleans: 1 residents work here (4%)Beaver City: 1 residents work here (4%)Oxford: 1 residents work here (4%)Franklin: 2 residents work here (9%)Alma: 7 residents work here (30%)Holdrege: 1 residents work here (4%)La Vista: 1 residents work here (4%)York: 1 residents work here (4%)KearneyAlmaFranklinEdisonDeshlerOrleansBeaver CityHuntley
1
Alma8.4 mi away
30%7
2
Franklin19.5 mi away
9%2
3
Edison26 mi away
4%1
4
Deshler82.8 mi away
4%1
5
Orleans10.3 mi away
4%1
6
Beaver City28.9 mi away
4%1
7
Oxford18.3 mi away
4%1
8
Holdrege16.5 mi away
4%1
9
La Vista181.7 mi away
4%1
10
York100.1 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
26%6
The top trips

Where Huntley clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Huntley is a services town

Jobs based in HuntleyJobs Huntley residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%17%
Trade, transport & utilities0%13%
Services: health, schools, offices100%70%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less25%22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month75%17%
Over $3,333 a month0%61%

Who does it

29 or younger25%17%
30 to 5475%48%
55 and older0%35%
+100%

Jobs based in Huntley, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 4. 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 Huntley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Each way, about 36 minutes from Huntley

A year of commuting
274 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Huntley36 min
Nebraska19 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Huntley workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Huntley gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 23 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.

How far

How far Huntley’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miAlma: 30% · 8.4 miFranklin: 9% · 19.5 miEdison: 4% · 26 miDeshler: 4% · 82.8 miOrleans: 4% · 10.3 miBeaver City: 4% · 28.9 miOxford: 4% · 18.3 miHoldrege: 4% · 16.5 miLa Vista: 4% · 181.7 miYork: 4% · 100.1 miAlma 30%Franklin 9%Edison 4%Deshler 4%Orleans 4%Huntley
HuntleyTop destinations (size = commuters)
30%Under 10 mi7 residents
35%10–24 mi8 residents
9%25–50 mi2 residents
26%Over 50 mi6 residents

About 26% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Huntley: questions

What is the median household income in Huntley?

$237,917 (±$139,211) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Huntley?

0.0%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Huntley?

36 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Huntley work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alma (30%, 8 mi), Franklin (9%, 20 mi), Edison (4%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Huntley 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 Huntley, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Huntley

Huntley home →

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.