Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainMost of Oconto commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Oconto itself; outside it, Broken Bow draws the most (25%, 19 miles). There are 12 jobs in Oconto; 48 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Nebraska 11%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Oconto
On a workday 48 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Oconto on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
The towns that employ Oconto’s residents
Where Oconto clocks in
25% 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 Oconto’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oconto, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 12. 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 Oconto’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Oconto: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oconto workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 82 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 distance from Oconto 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 Oconto: questions
What is the median household income in Oconto?
$55,625 (±$53,353) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oconto?
6.0%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oconto?
24 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oconto work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Broken Bow (25%, 19 mi), Callaway (21%, 13 mi), Arnold (13%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oconto 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 Oconto, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oconto
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.