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Jobs & commute in Beaver Township

Beaver Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each

16 jobs are based in Beaver Township; 37 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Beaver Township; the top destination outside it is Genoa (14%, 6 miles). Home is the office for 7% of workers (Nebraska 11%).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who leaves Beaver Township for work, and who comes in

On a workday 37 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.

37live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
16work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night97
Workday76
97live here− 37head out to work+ 16come in to work= 76on a workday

About 76 people are in Beaver Township on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.43jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where Beaver Township goes to work

GoodlandSt. Joseph: 1 residents work here (3%)Bassett: 1 residents work here (3%)OakdaleSt. Edward: 1 residents work here (3%)Genoa: 5 residents work here (14%)Albion: 3 residents work here (8%)North BendFullerton: 5 residents work here (14%)NelighFairburyColumbus: 4 residents work here (11%)Norfolk: 4 residents work here (11%)Grand IslandOmaha: 3 residents work here (8%)CorinnaCouncil Creek TownshipBeaver TownshipCedar TownshipMonroe TownshipColumbus Township: 2 residents work here (5%)Woodville TownshipGenoa TownshipGenoaFullertonColumbusNorfolkAlbionOmahaBeaver Township
1
Genoa6 mi away
14%5
2
Fullerton11.9 mi away
14%5
3
Columbus24.6 mi away
11%4
4
Norfolk42 mi away
11%4
5
Albion15.9 mi away
8%3
6
Omaha93.3 mi away
8%3
75%2
8
St. Joseph, MO198.1 mi away
3%1
9
Bassett115.4 mi away
3%1
10
St. Edward5.4 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
22%8
The top trips

Where Beaver Township clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Goods jobs make up 81% of work in Beaver Township

Jobs based in Beaver TownshipJobs Beaver Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms81%19%
Trade, transport & utilities19%22%
Services: health, schools, offices0%59%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less13%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month13%19%
Over $3,333 a month75%68%

Who does it

29 or younger19%24%
30 to 5444%43%
55 and older38%32%
+1500%

Jobs based in Beaver Township, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 16. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Beaver Township

Working from home
7%

of Beaver Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Beaver Township gets to work
84%Drive alone
16%Carpool

Share of the 25 commuters (the 7% 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

Short hops and long hauls from Beaver Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miGenoa: 14% · 6 miFullerton: 14% · 11.9 miColumbus: 11% · 24.6 miNorfolk: 11% · 42 miAlbion: 8% · 15.9 miOmaha: 8% · 93.3 miColumbus Township: 5% · 27 miSt. Joseph: 3% · 198.1 miBassett: 3% · 115.4 miSt. Edward: 3% · 5.4 miGenoa 14%Fullerton 14%Columbus 11%Norfolk 11%Albion 8%Beaver Township
Beaver TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
19%Under 10 mi7 residents
30%10–24 mi11 residents
24%25–50 mi9 residents
27%Over 50 mi10 residents

About 27% 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.

Next door

How Beaver Township compares with the towns next door

Jobs & commute next door

TownBeaver Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Beaver Township–———$63,036
Genoa Townshipunder 3%——29 min—
Woodville Townshipunder 3%——22 min—
Council Creek Townshipunder 3%————
Cedar Townshipunder 3%————
Monroe Townshipunder 3%————

Same-state neighbors only. Genoa Township, Woodville Township, Council Creek Township, Cedar Township and Monroe Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Beaver Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Beaver Township: questions

What is the median household income in Beaver Township?

$63,036 (±$25,912) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Beaver Township?

5.9%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Beaver Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Genoa (14%, 6 mi), Fullerton (14%, 12 mi), Columbus (11%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Beaver Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Beaver Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Beaver Township

Beaver Township home →

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.