Dolphin Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Home is the office for 21% of workers; Nebraska has 11%. There are 19 jobs in Dolphin Township, against 61 working residents. Hardly any stay in Dolphin Township for work; outside it, Yankton is the main destination (18%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Dolphin Township
On a workday 61 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 87 people are in Dolphin Township on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
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 people from Dolphin Township work
Where Dolphin Township clocks in
18% 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.
In Dolphin Township, 100% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dolphin Township, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 19. 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 Dolphin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Dolphin Township
of Dolphin Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 23 commuters (the 21% 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.
Where in the region Dolphin Township works
About 25% 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.
Work in the towns next to Dolphin Township
The biggest share goes to Addison Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dolphin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolphin Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Peoria Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Dowling Township | under 2% | — | — | 9 min | — |
| Eastern Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Addison Township | 7% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Peoria Township, Dowling Township, Eastern Township and Addison Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dolphin 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 Dolphin Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Dolphin Township?
0.0%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Dolphin Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Yankton (18%, 18 mi), Crofton (11%, 6 mi), Addison Township (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dolphin 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 Dolphin Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dolphin 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.