Photo: Doc Searls from Santa Barbara, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Jobs and the daily commute in Thedford
Employers in Thedford report 127 jobs, and 79 of its residents work somewhere. About one in four work in Thedford itself; outside it, Broken Bow draws the most (8%, 62 miles). The trip to work takes 14 minutes on average (Nebraska 19, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Thedford by day
On a workday 60 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 108 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Thedford on a workday afternoon, 24% more than live here.
1.6 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where the people who work in Thedford live
Where Thedford clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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.
68% of the jobs in Thedford pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Thedford, 2014 → 2024: 111 → 127. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Thedford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Thedford: about 14 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Thedford workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 139 commuters (the 8% 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 Thedford to work
About 47% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Thedford: questions
What is the median household income in Thedford?
$75,224 (±$10,688) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Thedford?
5.8%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Thedford?
14 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Thedford work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Broken Bow (8%, 62 mi), North Platte (8%, 60 mi), Omaha (5%, 239 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Thedford without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Thedford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Thedford
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.