Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Obert works elsewhere
There are 4 jobs in Obert, and 10 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Obert for work; outside it, Hartington is the main destination (10%, 13 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, where Nebraska as a whole has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Obert
On a workday 10 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 16 people are in Obert on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Commuting out of Obert: the destinations
Where Obert clocks in
10% of workers
10% 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.
75% of the jobs in Obert pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Obert, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 4. 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 Obert’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Obert
of Obert workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8 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.
Obert’s commute, mile by mile
About 38% 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Obert workers work outside Nebraska. The job records count 20% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Obert: questions
What is the median household income in Obert?
$55,833 (±$24,780) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Obert?
12.5%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Obert work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hartington (10%, 13 mi), Albion (10%, 85 mi), Omaha (10%, 110 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Obert 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 Obert, from the people who make the trip.
More of Obert
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.