Work means Hastings for more than half of Kenesaw’s working residents
Commuters spend 26 minutes getting to work on average; the Nebraska average is 19, the U.S. 26. Only 3% work in Kenesaw itself; outside it, Hastings draws the most (51%, 14 miles). Kenesaw has 240 jobs for 446 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Kenesaw apart on work
More than half of Kenesaw works in Hastings
226 working residents, 51%, have their main job in Hastings, 14 miles away. That’s 17 times as many as work in Kenesaw itself. The commute map ↓
Kenesaw workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 26 minutes each way, against 19 across Nebraska. Over a year that’s about 199 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 446 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Kenesaw: the destinations
Where Kenesaw clocks in
9% of workers
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.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Kenesaw
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kenesaw workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 441 commuters (the 7% 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.
Who works in Kenesaw, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 433 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 227 people come in from elsewhere.
About 700 people are in Kenesaw on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.54 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
What Kenesaw’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kenesaw, 2013 → 2023: 278 → 240. 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 Kenesaw’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Kenesaw to work
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 Kenesaw: questions
What is the median household income in Kenesaw?
$92,639 (±$14,840) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kenesaw?
4.7%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kenesaw?
26 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kenesaw work?
3% work in town.
Can you get around Kenesaw without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kenesaw, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kenesaw
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.