Work & commute · Sidney

Work & commute in Sidney, IA

Most working residents leave Sidney for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Omaha (12%), Council Bluffs (8%) and Tabor (6%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

50 of 461 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 411 Sidney residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 278 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sidney.

411live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

278work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sidney goes to work

Omaha, NE41.6 mi away

12%55

Sidney (in town)right here

11%50

Council Bluffs35.6 mi away

8%38

Tabor10.4 mi away

6%27

Glenwood21.2 mi away

5%24

Shenandoah14.3 mi away

5%22

Nebraska City, NE12.4 mi away

3%15

Des Moines120.3 mi away

2%10

Hamburg9.7 mi away

2%8

College Springs28.8 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%205

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

How far

How far Sidney commutes

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

22%

24%

33%

22%

22%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sidney 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 Sidney are

328 jobs are based in Sidney. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sidney’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sidney

328 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Sidney residents hold

461 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−2%

Jobs based in Sidney, 2013 → 2023: 336 → 328. 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.