Work & commute · Stocking

Work & commute in Stocking, NE

Most working residents leave Stocking for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (25%), Omaha (21%) and Wahoo (18%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 424 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

38%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 419 Stocking residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 238 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stocking.

419live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

238work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stocking goes to work

Lincoln25.3 mi away

25%104

Omaha30 mi away

21%88

Wahoo2.9 mi away

18%76

Fremont19.6 mi away

4%18

Valley16.6 mi away

2%8

Valparaiso13 mi away

2%7

Gretna22.1 mi away

2%7

Wahoo5.4 mi away

1%6

David City27 mi away

1%5

Stocking (in town)right here

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%100

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

How far

How far Stocking commutes

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

23%

34%

36%

23%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stocking is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stocking are

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

Jobs based in Stocking

243 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Stocking residents hold

424 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+263%

Jobs based in Stocking, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 243. 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.