Work & commute · Arnold

Work & commute in Arnold, NE

Most working residents leave Arnold for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Broken Bow (19%), Callaway (10%) and Broken Bow (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

28 of 257 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 229 Arnold residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 135 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arnold.

229live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

135work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arnold goes to work

Broken Bow28.7 mi away

19%50

Arnold (in town)right here

11%28

Callaway16.8 mi away

10%25

Broken Bow28.6 mi away

5%12

Kearney76.4 mi away

4%11

Delight16.6 mi away

4%10

Lincoln188 mi away

4%9

Gothenburg34.5 mi away

3%8

Sargent45.2 mi away

2%5

Lexington50.3 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%94

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

How far

How far Arnold commutes

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

14%

21%

33%

32%

14%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arnold is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Arnold are

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

Jobs based in Arnold

163 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Arnold residents hold

257 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

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Jobs based in Arnold, 2013 → 2023: 163 → 163. 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.