Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainWith 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of North Loup works elsewhere
56 jobs are based in North Loup; 136 of its residents have a job. Only 2% stay in North Loup for work; outside it, Ord is the main destination (32%, 11 miles). A typical one-way commute from North Loup lasts 18 minutes (Nebraska 19, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves North Loup for work, and who comes in
On a workday 133 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in North Loup on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places North Loup commutes to
Where North Loup clocks in
32% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
Jobs in North Loup: what the 56 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in North Loup, 2014 → 2024: 93 → 56. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Loup’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 18 minutes each way, about the NE average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of North Loup workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 110 commuters (the 6% 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 North Loup
About 27% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 North Loup: questions
What is the median household income in North Loup?
$49,167 (±$2,749) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in North Loup?
18.1%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from North Loup?
18 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in North Loup work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ord (32%, 11 mi), Burwell (4%, 27 mi), Arcadia (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around North Loup without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from North Loup, from the people who make the trip.
More of North Loup
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.