Work & commute · Sidney

Work & commute in Sidney, NE

56% of Sidney’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Scottsbluff (5%), Omaha (2%) and O'Neill (2%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56%

1,592 of 2,825 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 1,233 Sidney residents head out of town to work, 1,592 work right here, and 1,363 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sidney.

1,233live here, work elsewhere

1,592live and work here

1,363work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sidney goes to work

Sidney (in town)right here

56%1,592

Scottsbluff62.1 mi away

5%130

Omaha359.6 mi away

2%66

O'Neill240.8 mi away

2%59

Potter18.5 mi away

2%50

North Platte115.5 mi away

2%50

Sterling, CO37.3 mi away

2%48

Lincoln329.1 mi away

2%45

Bridgeport37.3 mi away

1%31

Kimball36.1 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%725

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

How far

How far Sidney commutes

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

62%

29%

62%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sidney 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 Sidney are

2,955 jobs are based in Sidney. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sidney’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sidney

2,955 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Sidney residents hold

2,825 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−33%

Jobs based in Sidney, 2013 → 2023: 4,410 → 2,955. 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.