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Jobs & commute in Dawes Township

With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Dawes Township works elsewhere

Commuters spend 22 minutes getting to work on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 9 jobs are based in Dawes Township, against 144 working residents. Hardly any work in Dawes Township; the top destination outside it is Pender (15%, 13 miles).

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

9 jobs based here
Household income
$66K
median · Nebraska $76K
Poverty
7.2%
Nebraska 10.6%
Unemployment
6.4%
Nebraska 3.0% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
22 min
Nebraska 19 · U.S. 26
Work in town
0%
0 of 144 working residents
Work from home
6%
Nebraska 11% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

A workday in Dawes Township: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 144 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.

144live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
9work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night300
Workday160
300live here− 140head out to work+ 9come in to work= 160on a workday

About 160 people are in Dawes Township on a workday afternoon, 45% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.06jobs 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

Commuting out of Dawes Township: the destinations

Winnebago: 7 residents work here (5%)Beemer: 4 residents work here (3%)Walthill: 15 residents work here (10%)Pender: 21 residents work here (15%)WayneWest Point: 5 residents work here (3%)BlairSouth Sioux City: 4 residents work here (3%)Omaha: 8 residents work here (6%)Logan TownshipEverett TownshipMerry TownshipAnderson TownshipBlackbird Township: 6 residents work here (4%)Concord TownshipCuming TownshipPender TownshipDawes TownshipOmaha Township: 4 residents work here (3%)Bancroft TownshipMacy: 16 residents work here (11%)PenderMacyWalthillOmahaWinnebagoBlackbird TownshipDawes Township
1
Pender12.9 mi away
15%21
2
Macy6.9 mi away
11%16
3
Walthill6.6 mi away
10%15
4
Omaha58.8 mi away
6%8
5
Winnebago12.7 mi away
5%7
6
Blackbird Township8.6 mi away
4%6
7
West Point19.2 mi away
3%5
8
Beemer19.3 mi away
3%4
9
South Sioux City28.3 mi away
3%4
10
Omaha Township6.4 mi away
3%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%54
The top trips

Where Dawes Township clocks in

15% of workers
12.9 mi awayPender21 Dawes Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →
11% of workers
6.9 mi awayMacy16 Dawes Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →
10%Walthill
10% of workers
6.6 mi awayWalthill15 Dawes Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →

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

78% of the jobs in Dawes Township make or build things

Jobs based in Dawes TownshipJobs Dawes Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms78%14%
Trade, transport & utilities22%17%
Services: health, schools, offices0%69%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less11%19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%32%
Over $3,333 a month89%49%

Who does it

29 or younger11%27%
30 to 5456%49%
55 and older33%24%
−55%

Jobs based in Dawes Township, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 9. 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 Dawes Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

From Dawes Township, about 22 minutes to the job

A year of commuting
166 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Dawes Township22 min
Nebraska19 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
6%

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

About 1 in 10
How Dawes Township gets to work
82%Drive alone
17%Carpool
1%Walk

Share of the 152 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.

How far

Dawes Township’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi50 mi70 miPender: 15% · 12.9 miMacy: 11% · 6.9 miWalthill: 10% · 6.6 miOmaha: 6% · 58.8 miWinnebago: 5% · 12.7 miBlackbird Township: 4% · 8.6 miWest Point: 3% · 19.2 miBeemer: 3% · 19.3 miSouth Sioux City: 3% · 28.3 miOmaha Township: 3% · 6.4 miPender 15%Macy 11%Walthill 10%Omaha 6%Winnebago 5%Dawes Township
Dawes TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
34%Under 10 mi47 residents
37%10–24 mi51 residents
14%25–50 mi19 residents
16%Over 50 mi22 residents

About 16% 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

Dawes Township and its neighbors

The biggest share goes to Omaha Township (3%).

Everett Township: few work hereOmaha Township: 3% of workers work hereAnderson Township: few work hereLogan Township: few work hereBancroft Township: few work hereEverett TownshipOmaha TownshipAnderson TownshipLogan TownshipBancroft TownshipDawes Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Logan Township19 min
Omaha Township21 min
Dawes Township22 min
Bancroft Township24 min
Everett Township29 min
Anderson Township32 min
Everett Townshipunder 3% of Dawes TownshipOmaha Township3% of Dawes Township works hereAnderson Townshipunder 3% of Dawes TownshipLogan Townshipunder 3% of Dawes TownshipBancroft Townshipunder 3% of Dawes Township

Jobs & commute next door

TownDawes Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Dawes Township–——22 min$66,250
Everett Townshipunder 3%——29 min—
Omaha Township3%CB+21 min$66,932
Anderson Townshipunder 3%——32 min—
Logan Townshipunder 3%——19 min—
Bancroft Townshipunder 3%——24 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Everett Township: not graded. Anderson Township, Logan Township and Bancroft Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Dawes 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 Dawes Township: questions

What is the median household income in Dawes Township?

$66,250 (±$31,262) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Dawes Township?

7.2%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Dawes Township?

22 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Dawes Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pender (15%, 13 mi), Macy (11%, 7 mi), Walthill (10%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Dawes Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

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

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Dawes Township

Dawes Township home →
$738median rent
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RankingsTop towns in NEShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.