Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainOverton has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 109 jobs in Overton, against 233 working residents. Only 5% stay in Overton for work; outside it, Kearney is the main destination (14%, 24 miles). 1% of workers work from home, next to 11% for Nebraska as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Overton, in a few figures
Overton’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Overton is Kearney, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (33) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Overton workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 26 minutes each way, against 19 across Nebraska. Over a year that’s about 199 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Overton workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 11% across Nebraska. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 233 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many miles Overton commutes
About 23% 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.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Overton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Overton workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 328 commuters (the 1% 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.
Overton quiets down on a workday
On a workday 222 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Overton on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 Overton to work: where people go
Where Overton clocks in
14% of workers
12% 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.
The kinds of work in Overton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Overton, 2013 → 2023: 117 → 109. 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 Overton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Overton: questions
What is the median household income in Overton?
$55,000 (±$6,430) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Overton?
11.6%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Overton?
26 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Overton work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kearney (14%, 24 mi), Lexington (12%, 11 mi), Sumner (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Overton 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 Overton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Overton
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.