Jobs and earnings in Sutherland, and the trip to work
About one in ten work in Sutherland; the top destination outside it is North Platte (32%, 20 miles). Sutherland grades C for jobs and income and D for walkability. For 2% of workers, the job is at home (Nebraska 11%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Sutherland in brief
Sutherland and North Platte trade workers both ways
North Platte is the top workplace for Sutherland residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Sutherland come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 522 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Sutherland
On income, poverty and job access, Sutherland is better than 27% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Sutherland’s grade up (9.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.6%) is left out: Sutherland’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Sutherland could be anywhere from D to C+.
Commuting out of Sutherland: the destinations
Where Sutherland clocks in
4% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Sutherland
About 31% 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.
How a workday changes Sutherland
On a workday 463 residents head out to work, 59 work right here, and 241 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Sutherland on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.57 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Sutherland
300 jobs are based in Sutherland.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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.
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 Sutherland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Sutherland spends getting to work: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sutherland workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 589 commuters (the 2% 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.
Most of Sutherland commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sutherland is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Sutherland near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 604 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.0% of Sutherland households have no vehicle (Nebraska 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sutherland’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Sutherland is 2,940th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 140 | Yutan NE | 1,451 | $103K | 0.7% | 8.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 183 | Buccaneer Bay NE | 1,418 | $161K | 4.9% | 0.0% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 243 | Pohocco Township NE | 1,296 | $100K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,938 | Terry MS | 1,557 | $48K | 13.7% | 3.9% | 2% | C |
| 2,939 | Ecru MS | 1,113 | $65K | 16.1% | 14.8% | 9% | C |
| 2,940 | Sutherland NE | 1,225 | $73K | 9.8% | 5.6% | 11% | C |
| 2,941 | Willshire Township OH | 1,637 | $56K | 8.6% | 2.6% | 2% | C |
| 2,942 | Delmar WI | 1,027 | $74K | 13.0% | 1.7% | 0% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Sutherland, the top three, the last and three more from Nebraska.
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 Sutherland: questions
What is the median household income in Sutherland?
$72,857 (±$9,727) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sutherland?
9.8%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sutherland?
21 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sutherland work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are North Platte (32%, 20 mi), Hershey (6%, 6 mi), Lincoln (4%, 233 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sutherland walkable?
Sutherland is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sutherland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sutherland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sutherland
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.