Work & commute · Bayard

Work & commute in Bayard, NE

Most working residents leave Bayard for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Bridgeport (27%), Scottsbluff (13%) and Gering (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 395 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 382 Bayard residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bayard.

382live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

100work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bayard goes to work

Bridgeport13.3 mi away

27%107

Scottsbluff19.1 mi away

13%50

Gering18.1 mi away

5%19

Bayard (in town)right here

3%13

O'Neill244.5 mi away

2%9

Omaha377.6 mi away

2%9

Sidney46.8 mi away

2%8

Alliance33.1 mi away

2%7

Lincoln351.2 mi away

2%6

Broadwater26.7 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%162

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

How far

How far Bayard commutes

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

60%

10%

21%

8%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bayard is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bayard are

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

Jobs based in Bayard

113 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Bayard residents hold

395 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−62%

Jobs based in Bayard, 2013 → 2023: 295 → 113. 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.