Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainWhere Macy earns its living
About one in three work in Macy; the top destination outside it is Blackbird Township (8%, 2 miles). 0% of workers work from home, against 11% across Nebraska. The average commute takes 15 minutes each way, where Nebraska has 19 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Macy, in brief
Macy is where the jobs are
Macy has 533 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Most Macy residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Few Macy workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 11% across Nebraska. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 308 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Macy by day
On a workday 192 residents head out to work, 116 work right here, and 417 people come in from elsewhere.
About 860 people are in Macy on a workday afternoon, 35% more than live here.
1.7 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.
Where in the region Macy works
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.
Getting to work from Macy takes about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Macy workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 128 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.
The daily trip into Macy
Where Macy clocks in
6% 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.
Macy is a services town
533 jobs are based in Macy.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Macy, 2013 → 2023: 180 → 533. 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 Macy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Macy: questions
What is the median household income in Macy?
$42,500 (±$11,780) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Macy?
33.3%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Macy?
15 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Macy work?
38% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Blackbird Township (8%, 2 mi), Walthill (6%, 7 mi), Pender (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Macy without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 24% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Macy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Macy
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.