Work & commute · Stromsburg

Work & commute in Stromsburg, NE

Most working residents leave Stromsburg for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (10%), York (10%) and Lincoln (9%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

57 of 523 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 466 Stromsburg residents head out of town to work, 57 work right here, and 253 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stromsburg.

466live here, work elsewhere

57live and work here

253work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stromsburg goes to work

Stromsburg (in town)right here

11%57

Columbus25.2 mi away

10%54

York17.1 mi away

10%50

Lincoln52.3 mi away

9%48

Omaha80.6 mi away

7%37

Shelby10.1 mi away

5%28

Grand Island42.2 mi away

4%21

Polk10.5 mi away

4%19

Osceola4.8 mi away

3%15

Columbus27.6 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%181

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

How far

How far Stromsburg commutes

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

23%

26%

22%

28%

23%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stromsburg is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stromsburg are

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

Jobs based in Stromsburg

310 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Stromsburg residents hold

523 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−19%

Jobs based in Stromsburg, 2013 → 2023: 383 → 310. 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.