Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainJobs, income and commuting in Hyannis, NE
0% of workers have no commute at all, where Nebraska as a whole has 11%. About one in five stay in Hyannis for work; outside it, North Platte is the main destination (6%, 80 miles). The trip to work takes 17 minutes on average; Nebraska averages 19, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hyannis fills up on a workday
On a workday 51 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Hyannis on a workday afternoon, 22% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 daily trip into Hyannis
Where Hyannis clocks in
3% 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.
What work there is in Hyannis: 96 jobs
96 jobs are based in Hyannis.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hyannis, 2013 → 2023: 66 → 96. 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 Hyannis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 17 minutes in Hyannis
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hyannis workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 85 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 Hyannis’ workers travel
About 46% 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 Hyannis: questions
What is the poverty rate in Hyannis?
12.4%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hyannis?
17 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hyannis work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are North Platte (6%, 80 mi), Mullen (5%, 37 mi), Omaha (3%, 299 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hyannis without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hyannis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hyannis
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.