For nearly all of its working residents, Parks is a commute to Benkelman
Employers in Parks report 2 jobs, and 3 of its residents work somewhere. 0% of workers have no commute at all; Nebraska has 11%. 30.0% of residents are in poverty, against 10.6% across Nebraska.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Parks by day
On a workday 3 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9 people are in Parks on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.67 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Parks to work: where people go
Lines 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.
Factories, building and farms: 100% of the jobs in Parks
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Parks, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 2. 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 Parks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Parks
of Parks workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2 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.
How many miles Parks commutes
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 Parks: questions
What is the poverty rate in Parks?
30.0%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Parks work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Parks 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 Parks, from the people who make the trip.
More of Parks
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.