Sidney is a somewhat small city located in the state of Nebraska. With a population of 6,440 people and two associated neighborhoods, Sidney is the 29th largest community in Nebraska.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.40% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
One of the benefits of Sidney is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 13.96 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Sidney is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Sidney who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.26% of the adults in Sidney have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Sidney in 2022 was $30,679, which is low income relative to Nebraska, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $122,716 for a family of four. However, Sidney contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Sidney is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sidney home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sidney residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Sidney also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.46% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Sidney include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Czech.
The most common language spoken in Sidney is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.