Work & commute · Sargent

Work & commute in Sargent, NE

Most working residents leave Sargent for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Broken Bow (33%), Omaha (4%) and Kilfoil (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

23 of 204 working residents

Typical commute

22 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 181 Sargent residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 191 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sargent.

181live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

191work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sargent goes to work

Broken Bow21.5 mi away

33%67

Sargent (in town)right here

11%23

Omaha173.6 mi away

4%8

Kilfoil24.5 mi away

4%8

Burwell15.5 mi away

3%7

Lincoln151.3 mi away

3%7

Arnold45.2 mi away

2%4

Columbus104.9 mi away

2%4

Broken Bow20 mi away

2%4

Ord23.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%69

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.

12%

49%

30%

12%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sargent is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sargent are

214 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

214 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Sargent residents hold

204 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+56%

Jobs based in Sargent, 2013 → 2023: 137 → 214. 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.