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Jobs & commute in Talmage

With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Talmage works elsewhere

0% of workers work from home, next to 11% for Nebraska as a whole. Talmage has 28 jobs, and 111 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Talmage; the top destination outside it is Omaha (22%, 50 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How many people are in Talmage by day

On a workday 110 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.

110live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
27work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night210
Workday120
210live here− 110head out to work+ 27come in to work= 120on a workday

About 120 people are in Talmage on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.25jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

The places Talmage commutes to

TaborHamburgCarter LakeCouncil Bluffs: 3 residents work here (3%)Seneca: 1 residents work here (1%)TalmagePlainviewSyracuse: 7 residents work here (6%)Tecumseh: 3 residents work here (3%)Auburn: 3 residents work here (3%)Nebraska City: 19 residents work here (17%)Valley: 2 residents work here (2%)Gretna: 3 residents work here (3%)Lincoln: 10 residents work here (9%)Omaha: 24 residents work here (22%)Beaver LakeOmahaNebraska CityLincolnSyracuseCouncil BluffsTecumsehTalmage
1
Omaha50.5 mi away
22%24
2
Nebraska City13.1 mi away
17%19
3
Lincoln39.2 mi away
9%10
4
Syracuse12.4 mi away
6%7
5
Council Bluffs, IA49.5 mi away
3%3
6
Tecumseh14 mi away
3%3
7
Auburn13.7 mi away
3%3
8
Gretna42.2 mi away
3%3
9
Valley57.2 mi away
2%2
10
Seneca, KS48 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
32%36
The top trips

Where Talmage clocks in

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.

The jobs

Talmage makes things: 61% of its jobs are in goods

Jobs based in TalmageJobs Talmage residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms61%19%
Trade, transport & utilities32%23%
Services: health, schools, offices7%58%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less18%21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%14%
Over $3,333 a month61%65%

Who does it

29 or younger21%29%
30 to 5439%37%
55 and older39%34%
+65%

Jobs based in Talmage, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 28. 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 Talmage’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

From Talmage, about 26 minutes to the job

A year of commuting
199 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Talmage26 min
Nebraska19 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Talmage workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Talmage gets to work
86%Drive alone
8%Carpool
5%Walk

Share of the 73 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 far

How many miles Talmage commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi65 miOmaha: 22% · 50.5 miNebraska City: 17% · 13.1 miLincoln: 9% · 39.2 miSyracuse: 6% · 12.4 miCouncil Bluffs: 3% · 49.5 miTecumseh: 3% · 14 miAuburn: 3% · 13.7 miGretna: 3% · 42.2 miValley: 2% · 57.2 miSeneca: 1% · 48 miOmaha 22%Nebraska City 17%Lincoln 9%Syracuse 6%Council Bluffs 3%Talmage
TalmageTop destinations (size = commuters)
2%Under 10 mi2 residents
45%10–24 mi49 residents
35%25–50 mi38 residents
19%Over 50 mi21 residents

About 19% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Talmage: questions

What is the median household income in Talmage?

$63,929 (±$19,875) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Talmage?

27.1%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Talmage?

26 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Talmage work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Omaha (22%, 50 mi), Nebraska City (17%, 13 mi), Lincoln (9%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Talmage without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Talmage, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Talmage

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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.