Young Cemetery Cabin · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Beaver Lake has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Beaver Lake report 147 jobs for 1,002 working residents. Jobs and income earn Beaver Lake A; getting around on foot earns it D. Household incomes here are higher than in 89% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Beaver Lake stands out on work
Beaver Lake workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 19 across Nebraska. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Beaver Lake is a place people come home to
There are 147 jobs based in Beaver Lake, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Beaver Lake has about 1,300 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
39% of Beaver Lake works in Omaha
388 working residents, 39%, have their main job in Omaha, 25 miles away. That’s 13 times as many as work in Beaver Lake itself. The commute map ↓
A lot of Beaver Lake works from home
23% of Beaver Lake workers work from home, against 11% across Nebraska. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Beaver Lake
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Beaver Lake is better than 91% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (1.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 60% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Beaver Lake could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
About 32 minutes to work from Beaver Lake
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beaver Lake workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 834 commuters (the 23% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Beaver Lake
On a workday 969 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Beaver Lake on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
39% of working residents work in Omaha
Where Beaver Lake clocks in
39% of workers
10% 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.
Making and building: 39% of jobs based in Beaver Lake
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beaver Lake, 2013 → 2023: 112 → 147. 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 Beaver Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Beaver Lake
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.
For most of Beaver Lake, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Beaver Lake is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Beaver Lake near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,079 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.8% of Beaver Lake households have no vehicle (Nebraska 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Beaver Lake’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,404 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900, Beaver Lake comes 333rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 331 | Mosinee WI | 2,275 | $102K | 3.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A |
| 332 | La Grange WI | 2,475 | $96K | 4.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A |
| 333 | Beaver Lake NE | 2,114 | $122K | 1.7% | 3.0% | 3% | A |
| 334 | Belleville WI | 2,705 | $88K | 4.0% | 0.9% | 5% | A |
| 335 | Pike Township PA | 1,632 | $106K | 3.6% | 0.5% | 1% | A |
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| 350 | Township 7 NE | 2,760 | $93K | 5.3% | 0.3% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 492 | Bennington NE | 1,968 | $98K | 5.3% | 3.0% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 665 | Springfield NE | 1,529 | $93K | 7.7% | 4.5% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Beaver Lake, the top three, the last and three more from Nebraska.
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 Beaver Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Beaver Lake?
$121,607 (±$30,360) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beaver Lake?
1.7%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beaver Lake?
32 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beaver Lake work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Omaha (39%, 25 mi), Lincoln (10%, 42 mi), Plattsmouth (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Beaver Lake walkable?
Beaver Lake is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Beaver Lake 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 Beaver Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beaver Lake
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.