Work & commute · Bladen

Work & commute in Bladen, NE

Most working residents leave Bladen for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Hastings (31%), Blue Hill (18%) and Red Cloud (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 91 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 91 Bladen residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bladen.

91live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bladen goes to work

Hastings21.7 mi away

31%28

Blue Hill7.8 mi away

18%16

Red Cloud16.8 mi away

5%5

Lincoln106.3 mi away

4%4

Omaha148 mi away

4%4

Alda38.1 mi away

2%2

Clay Center31.7 mi away

2%2

Minden23 mi away

2%2

Fort Scott, KS270.7 mi away

1%1

Guide Rock22.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%26

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

How far

How far Bladen commutes

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

20%

48%

11%

21%

20%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bladen is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bladen are

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

Jobs based in Bladen

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Bladen residents hold

91 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−74%

Jobs based in Bladen, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 6. 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.