Work & commute · Stapleton

Work & commute in Stapleton, NE

About one in 4 of Stapleton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are North Platte (11%), Broken Bow (5%) and Omaha (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

23 of 88 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 65 Stapleton residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stapleton.

65live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

89work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stapleton goes to work

Stapleton (in town)right here

26%23

North Platte27.5 mi away

11%10

Broken Bow45.4 mi away

5%4

Omaha231.7 mi away

5%4

Kearney91.9 mi away

3%3

Lincoln205 mi away

3%3

Eustis61.7 mi away

2%2

Gothenburg42.7 mi away

2%2

Grand Island118.4 mi away

2%2

Colby, KS147.5 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%34

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

How far

How far Stapleton commutes

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

35%

30%

32%

35%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stapleton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Stapleton are

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

Jobs based in Stapleton

112 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Stapleton residents hold

88 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−7%

Jobs based in Stapleton, 2013 → 2023: 121 → 112. 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.