Earning a living in Magnet
Hardly any work in Magnet itself; outside it, Columbus draws the most (13%, 71 miles). Working from home is the commute for 29% of workers, where Nebraska as a whole has 11%. A typical one-way commute lasts 37 minutes; Nebraska averages 19, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Magnet: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 15 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 40 people are in Magnet on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.60 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 Magnet to work: where people go
Where Magnet clocks in
13% of workers
13% of workers
7% 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 the 9 jobs in Magnet are
9 jobs are based in Magnet.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Magnet, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 9. 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 Magnet’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Magnet, about 37 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Magnet workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 17 commuters (the 29% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Magnet
About 47% 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 Magnet: questions
What is the median household income in Magnet?
$59,063 (±$21,494) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Magnet?
14.8%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Magnet?
37 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Magnet work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (13%, 71 mi), Norfolk (13%, 30 mi), Coleridge (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Magnet 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 Magnet, from the people who make the trip.
More of Magnet
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.