Work & commute · Sergeant Bluff

Work & commute in Sergeant Bluff, IA

Most working residents leave Sergeant Bluff for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux City (47%), South Sioux City (6%) and Le Mars (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

313 of 2,425 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,112 Sergeant Bluff residents head out of town to work, 313 work right here, and 1,409 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sergeant Bluff.

2,112live here, work elsewhere

313live and work here

1,409work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sergeant Bluff goes to work

Sioux City7 mi away

47%1,136

Sergeant Bluff (in town)right here

13%313

South Sioux City, NE5.5 mi away

6%142

Le Mars28 mi away

2%57

North Sioux City, SD12 mi away

2%53

Des Moines151.9 mi away

1%31

Dakota Dunes, SD9.3 mi away

1%31

Council Bluffs84.2 mi away

1%28

West Des Moines144.4 mi away

1%23

Big Sioux, SD11.9 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%588

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Sergeant Bluff commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

72%

17%

72%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sergeant Bluff is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.71 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Sergeant Bluff are

1,722 jobs are based in Sergeant Bluff. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sergeant Bluff’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sergeant Bluff

1,722 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Sergeant Bluff residents hold

2,425 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−12%

Jobs based in Sergeant Bluff, 2013 → 2023: 1,958 → 1,722. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.