Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Mead works elsewhere
Working residents average 20 minutes each way; Nebraska averages 19, the U.S. 26. Employers in Mead report 130 jobs; 315 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Mead; the top destination outside it is Omaha (32%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mead: the figures worth knowing
Commuting out of Mead: the destinations
Where Mead clocks in
32% of workers
13% 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.
Mead on a workday afternoon
On a workday 311 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Mead on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
68% of the jobs in Mead pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mead, 2013 → 2023: 135 → 130. 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 Mead’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Mead
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mead workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 329 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.
How far Mead goes 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 Mead: questions
What is the median household income in Mead?
$80,272 (±$8,804) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mead?
7.9%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mead?
20 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mead work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Omaha (32%, 23 mi), Lincoln (13%, 30 mi), Wahoo (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mead without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mead, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mead
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.