With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Tilden works elsewhere
A typical one-way commute lasts 18 minutes, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 248 jobs are based in Tilden; 483 of its residents have a job. Only 4% work in Tilden itself; outside it, Norfolk draws the most (28%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Tilden apart on work
28% of Tilden works in Norfolk
137 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Norfolk, 21 miles away. That’s 7 times as many as work in Tilden itself. The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Tilden than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Tilden fell from 344 in 2013 to 248 in 2023, −28%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 483 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Tilden: the destinations
Where Tilden clocks in
28% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Making and building: 37% of jobs based in Tilden
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tilden, 2013 → 2023: 344 → 248. 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 Tilden’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Tilden on a workday afternoon
On a workday 462 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 227 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Tilden on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
About 18 minutes each way, about the NE average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tilden workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 432 commuters (the 5% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Tilden
About 22% 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 Tilden: questions
What is the median household income in Tilden?
$69,118 (±$8,958) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tilden?
13.6%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tilden?
18 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tilden work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Norfolk (28%, 21 mi), Omaha (5%, 106 mi), Battle Creek (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tilden without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tilden, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tilden
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.