Snoke Farmstead · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Most of Eagle commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% work in Eagle itself; outside it, Lincoln draws the most (41%, 13 miles). There are 202 jobs in Eagle, against 604 working residents. Jobs and income earn Eagle A−; getting around on foot earns it C+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Eagle stands out on work
Eagle and Lincoln trade workers both ways
Lincoln is the top workplace for Eagle residents (41%) and also where the most people who work in Eagle come from (27% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Eagle workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 26 minutes each way, against 19 across Nebraska. Over a year that’s about 199 hours of commuting, 54 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 604 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Eagle’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Eagle is better than 81% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (2.4%, U.S. 12.5%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($76,875, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (3.2%) is left out: Eagle’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, Eagle could be anywhere from B to A.
Where Eagle’s working residents head each day
Where Eagle clocks in
41% of workers
17% 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.
About 26 minutes each way for Eagle’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eagle workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 605 commuters (the 9% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Eagle
On a workday 592 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 190 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in Eagle 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.
What Eagle’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eagle, 2013 → 2023: 98 → 202. 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 Eagle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Eagle
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.
In Eagle, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eagle is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Eagle 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 667 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). 0.8% of Eagle households have no vehicle (Nebraska 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eagle’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Eagle is 386th among 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 125 | Yutan NE | 1,451 | $103K | 0.7% | 8.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 157 | Buccaneer Bay NE | 1,418 | $161K | 4.9% | 0.0% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 209 | Pohocco Township NE | 1,296 | $100K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 384 | Hamshire TX | 1,388 | $103K | 3.2% | 0.0% | 3% | A− |
| 385 | Barbourmeade KY | 1,241 | $117K | 12.0% | 5.8% | 0% | A− |
| 386 | Eagle NE | 1,206 | $77K | 2.4% | 3.2% | 2% | A− |
| 387 | Washington Township OH | 1,529 | $80K | 3.0% | 4.0% | 1% | A− |
| 388 | Ripley Township OH | 1,071 | $113K | 0.5% | 11.5% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Eagle, 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 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 Eagle: questions
What is the median household income in Eagle?
$76,875 (±$15,224) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eagle?
2.4%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eagle?
26 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eagle work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lincoln (41%, 13 mi), Omaha (17%, 37 mi), Waverly (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eagle walkable?
Eagle is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eagle 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 Eagle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eagle
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. 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.