Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainAtkinson draws about two in five of Emmet Township’s working residents
Hardly any stay in Emmet Township for work; outside it, Atkinson is the main destination (40%, 9 miles). Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers; Nebraska has 11%. Commuters spend 21 minutes getting to work on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Emmet Township
On a workday 40 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 40 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 (1.00 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 Emmet Township goes to work
Where Emmet Township clocks in
40% 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.
Emmet Township makes things: 38% of its jobs are in goods
40 jobs are based in Emmet Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Emmet Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Emmet Township, about 21 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Emmet Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 71 commuters (the 3% 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.
Half of Emmet Township commutes less than 10 miles
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.
Bordering towns draw 25% of Emmet Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Sheridan Township (15%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Emmet Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmet Township | – | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Sheridan Township | 15% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Grattan Township | 5% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Pleasant View Township | 5% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sheridan Township, Grattan Township and Pleasant View Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Emmet 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 Emmet Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Emmet Township?
3.4%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Emmet Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Emmet Township work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Emmet 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 Emmet Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Emmet 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.