Work & commute · Hardy

Work & commute in Hardy, NE

Most working residents leave Hardy for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Superior (18%), Nelson (12%) and Hastings (9%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 33 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 33 Hardy residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hardy.

33live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hardy goes to work

Superior7.3 mi away

18%6

Nelson15.2 mi away

12%4

Hastings47.3 mi away

9%3

Grand Island66.9 mi away

9%3

Lawrence26.2 mi away

6%2

Kearney77.4 mi away

6%2

Lincoln85.8 mi away

6%2

Scott City, KS191.4 mi away

3%1

Ruskin9.6 mi away

3%1

Deshler13.8 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%8

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

How far

How far Hardy commutes

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

22%

25%

31%

22%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hardy is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hardy are

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

Jobs based in Hardy

19 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 month11%

Over $3,333 a month89%

Jobs Hardy residents hold

33 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−30%

Jobs based in Hardy, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 19. 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.