Photo: Brandonrush · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Omaha works elsewhere
6% of workers have no commute at all, where Texas as a whole has 14%. Omaha has 82 jobs, and 373 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Omaha itself; outside it, Mount Pleasant draws the most (24%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Omaha at work: what stands out
Omaha and Mount Pleasant trade workers both ways
Mount Pleasant is the top workplace for Omaha residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Omaha come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Omaha is a place people come home to
There are 82 jobs based in Omaha, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Omaha has about 650 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 373 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Omaha commutes to
Where Omaha clocks in
24% 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.
Omaha by day and by night
On a workday 364 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere.
About 650 people are in Omaha on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
How far Omaha goes to work
About 33% 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.
Goods, not services: 45% of the jobs in Omaha
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Omaha, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 82. 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 Omaha’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Omaha: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Omaha workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 475 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
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 Omaha: questions
What is the median household income in Omaha?
$55,500 (±$28,946) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Omaha?
17.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Omaha?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Omaha work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Pleasant (24%, 14 mi), Daingerfield (5%, 10 mi), Naples (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Omaha without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Omaha, from the people who make the trip.
More of Omaha
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.