For more than half of its working residents, King Lake is a commute to Omaha
0% of workers work from home, against 11% across Nebraska. Hardly any work in King Lake itself; outside it, Omaha draws the most (58%, 13 miles). Employers in King Lake report 9 jobs; 59 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves King Lake for work, and who comes in
On a workday 59 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 51 people are in King Lake on a workday afternoon, 50% fewer than live here.
0.15 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.
Out of King Lake to work: where people go
Where King Lake clocks in
58% 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.
Making and building: 44% of jobs based in King Lake
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 King Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in King Lake
of King Lake workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 57 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from King Lake
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.
19% of King Lake works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Valley. Darker towns draw more of King Lake’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 King Lake: questions
What is the poverty rate in King Lake?
23.8%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in King Lake work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around King Lake 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 King Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of King Lake
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.