Deutsche Evangelisch Lutherische Zion Kirche · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Most of Staplehurst commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
The trip to work takes 30 minutes on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. Employers in Staplehurst report 14 jobs, against 123 working residents. Hardly any work in Staplehurst; the top destination outside it is Lincoln (38%, 28 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Staplehurst
On a workday 123 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Staplehurst on a workday afternoon, 48% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Staplehurst’s residents
Where Staplehurst clocks in
38% of workers
20% of workers
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Staplehurst
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Staplehurst, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 14. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Staplehurst’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 30 minutes from Staplehurst
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Staplehurst workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 176 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Nebraska: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from Staplehurst
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Staplehurst: questions
What is the median household income in Staplehurst?
$83,060 (±$20,241) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Staplehurst?
4.3%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Staplehurst?
30 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Staplehurst work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lincoln (38%, 28 mi), Seward (20%, 6 mi), Omaha (9%, 62 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Staplehurst without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Staplehurst, from the people who make the trip.
More of Staplehurst
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.