Work & commute · Sutherland

Work & commute in Sutherland, NE

Most working residents leave Sutherland for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are North Platte (32%), Hershey (6%) and Lincoln (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

59 of 522 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 463 Sutherland residents head out of town to work, 59 work right here, and 241 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sutherland.

463live here, work elsewhere

59live and work here

241work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sutherland goes to work

North Platte19.5 mi away

32%169

Sutherland (in town)right here

11%59

Hershey6.5 mi away

6%29

Lincoln233.2 mi away

4%20

Grand Island145 mi away

3%14

Kearney111.1 mi away

2%12

Omaha263.5 mi away

2%12

Ogallala31.2 mi away

1%6

Columbus196.3 mi away

1%6

Imperial52.1 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%190

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

How far

How far Sutherland commutes

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

23%

41%

31%

23%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sutherland is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sutherland are

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

Jobs based in Sutherland

300 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Sutherland residents hold

522 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+2%

Jobs based in Sutherland, 2013 → 2023: 293 → 300. 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.