Zweibel Farmstead · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Buccaneer Bay have higher incomes than those in 96% of U.S. towns
4.9% of residents live below the poverty line; Nebraska has 10.6%. Buccaneer Bay grades A for jobs and income and D for walkability. Hardly any stay in Buccaneer Bay for work; outside it, Omaha is the main destination (43%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Buccaneer Bay: the figures worth knowing
Buccaneer Bay is a place people come home to
There are 35 jobs based in Buccaneer Bay, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Buccaneer Bay has about 820 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
43% of Buccaneer Bay works in Omaha
271 working residents, 43%, have their main job in Omaha, 15 miles away. That’s 43 times as many as work in Buccaneer Bay itself. The commute map ↓
Buccaneer Bay workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 19 across Nebraska. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 636 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Buccaneer Bay gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Buccaneer Bay is better than 92% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($160,729, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 63% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Buccaneer Bay’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Buccaneer Bay could be anywhere from A− to A+.
How many people are in Buccaneer Bay by day
On a workday 631 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.
About 820 people are in Buccaneer Bay on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.
0.06 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 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Buccaneer Bay to work: where people go
Where Buccaneer Bay clocks in
43% of workers
7% 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.
Time on the road from Buccaneer Bay: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Buccaneer Bay workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 792 commuters (the 13% 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.
Buccaneer Bay makes things: 29% of its jobs are in goods
35 jobs are based in Buccaneer Bay.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Buccaneer Bay, 2014 → 2024: 14 → 35. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Buccaneer Bay’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Buccaneer Bay goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Buccaneer Bay start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Buccaneer Bay is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Buccaneer Bay 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 912 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). 3.0% of Buccaneer Bay households have no vehicle (Nebraska 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Buccaneer Bay’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Buccaneer Bay is 234th among 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 172 | Yutan NE | 1,451 | $103K | 0.7% | 8.8% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 232 | Hartland Township IL | 1,882 | $105K | 1.1% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| 233 | Caesarscreek Township OH | 1,215 | $113K | 3.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A |
| 234 | Buccaneer Bay NE | 1,418 | $161K | 4.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 235 | Bowling Green Township OH | 1,863 | $112K | 1.9% | 5.1% | 1% | A |
| 236 | Wrightstown WI | 1,240 | $108K | 5.4% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 307 | Pohocco Township NE | 1,296 | $100K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 401 | Arlington NE | 1,329 | $94K | 3.1% | 0.0% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Buccaneer Bay, 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 2024, 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 Buccaneer Bay: questions
What is the median household income in Buccaneer Bay?
$160,729 (±$34,319) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Buccaneer Bay?
4.9%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Buccaneer Bay?
29 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Buccaneer Bay work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Omaha (43%, 15 mi), Lincoln (7%, 40 mi), Louisville (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Buccaneer Bay walkable?
Buccaneer Bay is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Buccaneer Bay without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Buccaneer Bay, from the people who make the trip.
More of Buccaneer Bay
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.