Work & commute · Sargent

Work & commute in Sargent, NE

Most working residents leave Sargent for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Broken Bow (32%), Sargent (12%) and Omaha (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

31 of 251 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 220 Sargent residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 195 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sargent.

220live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

195work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sargent goes to work

Broken Bow23.2 mi away

32%80

Sargent2.3 mi away

12%29

Omaha174 mi away

4%11

Kilfoil25.6 mi away

4%10

Lincoln152.2 mi away

3%8

Burwell14.2 mi away

3%7

Broken Bow21.7 mi away

3%7

Columbus105.3 mi away

2%5

Merna24 mi away

2%4

Arnold46 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%86

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

How far

How far Sargent commutes

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

13%

47%

10%

30%

13%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sargent is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sargent are

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

Jobs based in Sargent

226 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Sargent residents hold

251 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+65%

Jobs based in Sargent, 2013 → 2023: 137 → 226. 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.