Work & commute · Algernon

Work & commute in Algernon, NE

Most working residents leave Algernon for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Broken Bow (29%), Kearney (7%) and Ansley (6%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 155 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 154 Algernon residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Algernon.

154live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Algernon goes to work

Broken Bow21.6 mi away

29%45

Kearney37.8 mi away

7%11

Ansley6.1 mi away

6%10

Omaha168.7 mi away

6%9

Columbus101.9 mi away

4%6

Grand Island53.4 mi away

4%6

Lincoln139.9 mi away

4%6

Broken Bow22.9 mi away

4%6

Litchfield9 mi away

3%4

Loup City17.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%49

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

How far

How far Algernon commutes

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

12%

37%

19%

33%

12%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Algernon is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Algernon are

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

Jobs based in Algernon

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)79%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Algernon residents hold

155 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+27%

Jobs based in Algernon, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 28. 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.