Work & commute · Harvard

Work & commute in Harvard, NE

Most working residents leave Harvard for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Sutton (22%), Hastings (16%) and Grand Island (9%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 444 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 413 Harvard residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harvard.

413live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

114work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harvard goes to work

Sutton13.5 mi away

22%98

Hastings15.7 mi away

16%72

Grand Island22.3 mi away

9%40

Harvard2.9 mi away

7%31

Omaha114.7 mi away

5%20

Lincoln75.5 mi away

3%14

Geneva28.1 mi away

2%11

Inland8.4 mi away

2%7

Henderson17.3 mi away

1%6

Columbus66.1 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%139

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

How far

How far Harvard commutes

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

12%

53%

14%

21%

12%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harvard is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Harvard are

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

Jobs based in Harvard

145 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Harvard residents hold

444 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−39%

Jobs based in Harvard, 2013 → 2023: 239 → 145. 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.