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Jobs & commute in Chambers Township

Chambers Township at work: jobs, income and the commute

A typical one-way commute lasts 26 minutes, where Nebraska has 19 and the U.S. 26. About one in seven stay in Chambers Township for work; outside it, Ewing is the main destination (16%, 22 miles). There are 93 jobs in Chambers Township for 88 working residents.

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

Day and night

In and out of Chambers Township on a workday

On a workday 77 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere.

77live here, work elsewhere
11live and work here
82work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night420
Workday430
420live here− 77head out to work+ 82come in to work= 430on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
1.06jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 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.

The commute map

The towns that employ Chambers Township’s residents

Page: 2 residents work here (2%)Ewing: 14 residents work here (16%)Chambers: 10 residents work here (11%)Stuart: 3 residents work here (3%)Atkinson: 10 residents work here (11%)O'Neill: 8 residents work here (9%)Valentine: 2 residents work here (2%)Gothenburg: 2 residents work here (2%)Grand IslandOmaha: 3 residents work here (3%)Conley TownshipVerdigris TownshipMcClure TownshipWyoming TownshipSwan TownshipAtkinson Township: 4 residents work here (5%)Fairview TownshipChambers TownshipShamrock TownshipEwingChambersAtkinsonO'NeillAtkinson TownshipStuartChambers Township
1
Ewing21.9 mi away
16%14
2
Chambers1.4 mi away
11%10
3
Atkinson24 mi away
11%10
4
O'Neill17.9 mi away
9%8
5
Atkinson Township27.7 mi away
5%4
6
Stuart32.5 mi away
3%3
7
Omaha154.8 mi away
3%3
8
Page21.8 mi away
2%2
9
Valentine101.2 mi away
2%2
10
Gothenburg114.6 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
34%30
The top trips

Where Chambers 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

What Chambers Township’s employers do

Jobs based in Chambers TownshipJobs Chambers Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms5%11%
Trade, transport & utilities30%30%
Services: health, schools, offices65%59%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less26%19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%24%
Over $3,333 a month44%57%

Who does it

29 or younger15%18%
30 to 5438%39%
55 and older47%43%
+9%

Jobs based in Chambers Township, 2013 → 2023: 85 → 93. 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 Chambers Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Time on the road from Chambers Township: about 26 minutes

A year of commuting
198 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Chambers Township26 min
Nebraska19 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
15%

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

About 2 in 10
How Chambers Township gets to work
92%Drive alone
3%Carpool
4%Walk
2%Other

Share of the 226 commuters (the 15% 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

How far Chambers Township goes to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miEwing: 16% · 21.9 miChambers: 11% · 1.4 miAtkinson: 11% · 24 miO'Neill: 9% · 17.9 miAtkinson Township: 5% · 27.7 miStuart: 3% · 32.5 miOmaha: 3% · 154.8 miPage: 2% · 21.8 miValentine: 2% · 101.2 miGothenburg: 2% · 114.6 miEwing 16%Atkinson 11%O'Neill 9%Atkinson Township 5%Chambers Township
Chambers TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
14%Under 10 mi12 residents
38%10–24 mi33 residents
18%25–50 mi16 residents
31%Over 50 mi27 residents

About 31% 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

Chambers Township and the towns next door

Jobs & commute next door

TownChambers Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Chambers Township–——26 min$55,714
Conley Townshipunder 3%——22 min—
Shamrock Townshipunder 3%——29 min—
Wyoming Townshipunder 3%————
Fairview Townshipunder 3%————
McClure Townshipunder 3%——28 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Conley Township, Shamrock Township, Wyoming Township, Fairview Township and McClure Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Chambers 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 Chambers Township: questions

What is the median household income in Chambers Township?

$55,714 (±$10,637) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Chambers Township?

12.9%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Chambers Township?

26 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Chambers Township work?

12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ewing (16%, 22 mi), Chambers (11%, 1 mi), Atkinson (11%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Chambers 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 Chambers Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Chambers Township

Chambers 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.