Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainOrleans has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Commuters spend 21 minutes getting to work on average; Nebraska averages 19, the U.S. 26. There are 40 jobs in Orleans, and 132 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% stay in Orleans for work; outside it, Alma is the main destination (20%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Orleans
On a workday 127 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Orleans on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Out of Orleans to work: where people go
Where Orleans clocks in
13% of workers
5% 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.
Orleans makes things: 38% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Orleans, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 40. 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 Orleans’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Orleans takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Orleans workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 124 commuters (the 12% 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 Orleans to work
About 30% 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 Orleans: questions
What is the median household income in Orleans?
$62,250 (±$24,403) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Orleans?
15.1%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Orleans?
21 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Orleans work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alma (20%, 5 mi), Holdrege (13%, 22 mi), Omaha (5%, 195 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Orleans without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Orleans, from the people who make the trip.
More of Orleans
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.