Most of Reynolds commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Reynolds itself; outside it, Fairbury draws the most (25%, 10 miles). 6 jobs are based in Reynolds, and 24 of its residents work somewhere. 0% of workers work from home (Nebraska 11%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Reynolds, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 24 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 44 people are in Reynolds on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Where Reynolds’ working residents head each day
Where Reynolds clocks in
25% of workers
13% 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.
83% of the jobs in Reynolds pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Reynolds, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 6. 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 Reynolds’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Reynolds takes about 45 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Reynolds workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 21 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Reynolds
About 42% 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 Reynolds: questions
What is the poverty rate in Reynolds?
22.0%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Reynolds?
45 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Reynolds work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fairbury (25%, 10 mi), Lincoln (13%, 62 mi), Diller (8%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Reynolds without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 22% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Reynolds, from the people who make the trip.
More of Reynolds
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.