Jobs and earnings in Butte Township, and the trip to work
About one in five work in Butte Township itself; outside it, Spencer draws the most (24%, 7 miles). Commuters spend 18 minutes getting to work on average, where Nebraska has 19 and the U.S. 26. 151 jobs are based in Butte Township, and 135 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Butte Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 109 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).
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 Butte Township’s working residents head each day
Where Butte Township clocks in
10% 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.
The kinds of work in Butte Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Butte Township, 2013 → 2023: 144 → 151. 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 Butte Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 18 minutes from Butte Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Butte Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 177 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.
Butte Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 28% 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.
Butte Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Spencer Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Butte Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butte Township | – | — | — | 18 min | $54,063 |
| Spencer Township | 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| McCulley Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Saratoga Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Coleman Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Spencer Township, McCulley Township, Saratoga Township and Coleman Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Butte 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 Butte Township: questions
What is the median household income in Butte Township?
$54,063 (±$20,357) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Butte Township?
15.2%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Butte Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Butte Township work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spencer (24%, 7 mi), Butte (18%, 1 mi), Lynch (10%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Butte Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Butte Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Butte 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.