Page has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Page; the top destination outside it is Ewing (10%, 10 miles). There are 17 jobs in Page for 31 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 21 minutes, where Nebraska has 19 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Page: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 31 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Page ends
Where Page 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.
82% of the jobs in Page pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Page, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 17. 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 Page’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Page: 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 Page workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 54 commuters (the 13% 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 commute from Page, by distance
About 39% 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 Page: questions
What is the median household income in Page?
$56,250 (±$18,318) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Page?
8.3%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Page?
21 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Page work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ewing (10%, 10 mi), Chambers (10%, 22 mi), Atkinson (10%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Page 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 Page, from the people who make the trip.
More of Page
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.