Work & commute · Stuart

Work & commute in Stuart, NE

About one in 4 of Stuart’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Atkinson (14%), O'Neill (6%) and Lincoln (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

42 of 154 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

8 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 112 Stuart residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 244 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stuart.

112live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

244work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stuart goes to work

Stuart (in town)right here

27%42

Atkinson9.7 mi away

14%22

O'Neill26.9 mi away

6%9

Lincoln177.4 mi away

5%8

Sheridan14.2 mi away

4%6

Pleasant View16.3 mi away

4%6

Omaha183.6 mi away

3%4

Atkinson8.2 mi away

3%4

Stuart1.3 mi away

3%4

Bassett20.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%46

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

How far

How far Stuart commutes

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

42%

19%

29%

42%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stuart is a job hub

1.86jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Stuart are

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

Jobs based in Stuart

286 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Stuart residents hold

154 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+31%

Jobs based in Stuart, 2013 → 2023: 219 → 286. 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.