Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainWhere Bancroft Township earns its living
About one in ten work in Bancroft Township; the top destination outside it is West Point (9%, 16 miles). Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, next to 11% for Nebraska as a whole. A typical one-way commute lasts 24 minutes, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Bancroft Township in brief
The trip to work from Bancroft Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bancroft Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 328 commuters (the 4% 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.
In and out of Bancroft Township on a workday
On a workday 264 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 155 people come in from elsewhere.
About 540 people are in Bancroft Township on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.63 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Bancroft Township work
Where Bancroft Township clocks in
8% of workers
8% 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.
What Bancroft Township’s employers do
184 jobs are based in Bancroft Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bancroft Township, 2013 → 2023: 178 → 184. 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 Bancroft Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Bancroft Township to work
About 19% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Around Bancroft Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bancroft Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bancroft Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $59,896 |
| Cleveland Township | under 3% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Neligh Township | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Dawes Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Everett Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cleveland Township, Neligh Township and Dawes Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Everett Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bancroft Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Bancroft Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bancroft Township?
$59,896 (±$12,892) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bancroft Township?
6.4%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bancroft Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bancroft Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Point (9%, 16 mi), Bancroft (8%, 4 mi), Pender (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bancroft Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bancroft Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bancroft Township
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.