Lincoln

City Commute Profile

Lincoln, NE

Where Lincoln’s 143,806 resident workers go each day — 78.5% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Omaha.

NebraskaLODES 2023 data
79
Commute Score

79 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Lincoln at a glance
Employed Residents
143,806
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
45.5mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
78.5%
Share working within the area
Work from home
11.4%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Omaha
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Lincoln proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Lincoln commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Lincoln

143,806 commutes, one dot at a time

Lincoln

Where 143,806 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Lincoln, by worker count.

1Lincoln0.0 mi112,921
2Omaha45.5 mi10,571
3Waverly10.7 mi1,437
4Grand Island88.6 mi684
5Crete19.5 mi649
6Papillion40.7 mi576
7Seward23.4 mi570
8Kearney126.7 mi474

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Lincoln.

1Lincoln0.0 mi112,921
2Omaha45.5 mi7,896
3Waverly10.7 mi1,315
4Beatrice37.2 mi1,153
5Bellevue45.0 mi1,128
6Seward23.4 mi1,082
7Hickman12.7 mi1,033
8Grand Island88.6 mi1,018

Top industries

The sectors that employ Lincoln’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance15.9%
EDEducational Services11.6%
RTRetail Trade10.1%
PAPublic Administration8.2%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.0%
MFManufacturing7.1%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services6.5%
COConstruction5.3%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.0%

Lincoln city profile

Who lives in Lincoln — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
294,856
Median age
33.4yrs
Median household income
$71,867
Median home value
$264,000
Median gross rent
$1,086/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
41.8%
Poverty rate
12.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Lincoln

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

8 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps14%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Lincoln

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).