Work & commute · Sumner

Work & commute in Sumner, NE

Most working residents leave Sumner for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Kearney (14%), Lexington (13%) and Overton (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 110 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 109 Sumner residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sumner.

109live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

125work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sumner goes to work

Kearney28.1 mi away

14%15

Lexington17.2 mi away

13%14

Overton14.5 mi away

7%8

Elm Creek17.3 mi away

2%2

Broken Bow32.3 mi away

2%2

North Platte65.9 mi away

2%2

Lincoln148.3 mi away

2%2

Costa Mesa, CA1126.6 mi away

1%1

Colby, KS135.2 mi away

1%1

Hays, KS143.1 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%62

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

How far

How far Sumner commutes

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

50%

31%

15%

4%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sumner is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sumner are

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

Jobs based in Sumner

126 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Sumner residents hold

110 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+37%

Jobs based in Sumner, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 126. 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.