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Jobs & commute in Inland

Inland has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each

5 jobs are based in Inland, against 22 working residents. Hardly any work in Inland itself; outside it, Sutton draws the most (14%, 19 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 11% for Nebraska as a whole.

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

Day and night

Who leaves Inland for work, and who comes in

On a workday 22 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.

22live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
5work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night31
Workday14
31live here− 22head out to work+ 5come in to work= 14on a workday

About 14 people are in Inland on a workday afternoon, 55% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.23jobs 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 Inland goes to work

Ruskin: 1 residents work here (5%)Harvard: 1 residents work here (5%)EdgarSutton: 3 residents work here (14%)Geneva: 1 residents work here (5%)Gothenburg: 1 residents work here (5%)Aurora: 1 residents work here (5%)York: 1 residents work here (5%)Hastings: 3 residents work here (14%)Grand Island: 1 residents work here (5%)Lincoln: 1 residents work here (5%)Lynn TownshipChelsea TownshipInlandSuttonHastingsRuskinHarvardGenevaGothenburgInland
1
Sutton19.2 mi away
14%3
2
Hastings8.8 mi away
14%3
3
Ruskin36.4 mi away
5%1
4
Harvard6.9 mi away
5%1
5
Geneva33.2 mi away
5%1
6
Gothenburg103.6 mi away
5%1
7
Aurora21.7 mi away
5%1
8
York38 mi away
5%1
9
Grand Island23.6 mi away
5%1
10
Lincoln82.4 mi away
5%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
36%8
The top trips

Where Inland 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

Factories, building and farms: 100% of the jobs in Inland

Jobs based in InlandJobs Inland residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%45%
Trade, transport & utilities0%14%
Services: health, schools, offices0%41%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month60%14%
Over $3,333 a month40%73%

Who does it

29 or younger0%23%
30 to 5440%55%
55 and older60%23%
+0%

Jobs based in Inland, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 5. 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 Inland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Inland

Working from home
0%

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

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

Share of the 7 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

Inland’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSutton: 14% · 19.2 miHastings: 14% · 8.8 miRuskin: 5% · 36.4 miHarvard: 5% · 6.9 miGeneva: 5% · 33.2 miGothenburg: 5% · 103.6 miAurora: 5% · 21.7 miYork: 5% · 38 miGrand Island: 5% · 23.6 miLincoln: 5% · 82.4 miSutton 14%Hastings 14%Ruskin 5%Harvard 5%Geneva 5%Inland
InlandTop destinations (size = commuters)
23%Under 10 mi5 residents
45%10–24 mi10 residents
23%25–50 mi5 residents
9%Over 50 mi2 residents

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 Inland: questions

What is the poverty rate in Inland?

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

Where do people who live in Inland work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sutton (14%, 19 mi), Hastings (14%, 9 mi), Ruskin (5%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Inland

Inland 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.