Work & commute · Stanton

Work & commute in Stanton, NE

Most working residents leave Stanton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Geneva (28%), Lincoln (12%) and York (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 279 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

45 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 276 Stanton residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stanton.

276live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

88work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stanton goes to work

Geneva4.4 mi away

28%77

Lincoln56.1 mi away

12%34

York26.6 mi away

6%16

Omaha99.5 mi away

4%12

Shickley6 mi away

3%8

Fairmont10.8 mi away

3%8

Hastings39.2 mi away

3%8

Grand Island47.4 mi away

2%6

Sutton13.4 mi away

2%5

Fremont89.8 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%100

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

How far

How far Stanton commutes

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

36%

17%

16%

31%

36%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stanton is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stanton are

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

Jobs based in Stanton

91 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Stanton residents hold

279 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−38%

Jobs based in Stanton, 2013 → 2023: 147 → 91. 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.