Pavelka Farmstead · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Bladen has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Bladen report 6 jobs, and 91 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Bladen; the top destination outside it is Hastings (31%, 22 miles). 3% of workers work from home, where Nebraska as a whole has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Bladen for work, and who comes in
On a workday 91 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Bladen on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Bladen ends
Where Bladen clocks in
18% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
67% of the jobs in Bladen pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bladen, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 6. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bladen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Bladen: about 32 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bladen workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 91 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Nebraska: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Bladen to work
About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bladen: questions
What is the median household income in Bladen?
$66,875 (±$15,527) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bladen?
2.4%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bladen?
32 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bladen work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hastings (31%, 22 mi), Blue Hill (18%, 8 mi), Red Cloud (5%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bladen without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bladen, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bladen
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.