Scheider's Opera House · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0There are 3.2 jobs in Snyder for every working resident, and 296 people commute in
Employers in Snyder report 299 jobs for 93 working residents. Only 3% work in Snyder; the top destination outside it is Fremont (20%, 24 miles). Commuters spend 19 minutes getting to work on average, next to 19 for Nebraska and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Snyder
On a workday 90 residents head out to work and 3 work right here.
About 450 people are in Snyder on a workday afternoon, 84% more than live here.
3.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Who travels to work in Snyder, and from where
Where Snyder clocks in
17% 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.
In Snyder, 91% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Snyder, 2013 → 2023: 79 → 299. 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 Snyder’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 19 minutes each way for Snyder’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Snyder workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 147 commuters (the 6% 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 Snyder to work
About 18% 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 Snyder: questions
What is the median household income in Snyder?
$87,917 (±$22,362) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Snyder?
6.1%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Snyder?
19 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Snyder work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fremont (20%, 24 mi), Omaha (17%, 49 mi), Scribner (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Snyder 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 Snyder, from the people who make the trip.
More of Snyder
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.