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Work & commute · Broken Bow

Work & commute in Broken Bow, NE

Most working residents leave Broken Bow for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Broken Bow (45%), Lincoln (5%) and Omaha (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
6%
19 of 296 working residents
Typical commute
6 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
10 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 277 Broken Bow residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 210 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Broken Bow.

277live here, work elsewhere
19live and work here
210work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Broken Bow goes to work

Mason CityMernaCallawayAnsleyArnoldSargentBroken BowCozadKearneyGrand IslandLincolnOmahaRynoEast CusterGarfieldBerwynBroken BowKilfoilLillianDelightBroken BowLincolnOmahaCallawayKearneySargentGrand IslandArnoldCozadBroken Bow
1
Broken Bow2 mi away
45%132
2
Broken Bow (in town)right here
6%19
3
Lincoln160.3 mi away
5%16
4
Omaha186.4 mi away
4%12
5
Callaway17.5 mi away
3%9
6
Kearney58.4 mi away
3%9
7
Sargent20 mi away
2%7
8
Grand Island75.5 mi away
2%6
9
Arnold28.6 mi away
2%5
10
Cozad43.5 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
26%76

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

How far

How far Broken Bow commutes

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

52%Under 10 mi
10%10–24 mi
10%25–50 mi
27%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Broken Bow is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Broken Bow are

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

Jobs based in Broken Bow

229 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)48%
Trade, transport & utilities10%
Services (health, schools, offices…)42%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Broken Bow residents hold

296 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)29%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month54%
−3%

Jobs based in Broken Bow, 2013 → 2023: 236 → 229. 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.

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