Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainWhere Emmet earns its living
20% of workers work from home, against 11% across Nebraska. Hardly any work in Emmet itself; outside it, Stuart draws the most (30%, 19 miles). 25 jobs are based in Emmet, against 20 working residents.
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
On a workday 20 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 50 people are in Emmet on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 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’s working residents head each day
Where Emmet clocks in
25% 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.
88% of the jobs in Emmet pay over $3,333 a month
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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Emmet
of Emmet workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8 commuters (the 20% 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.
Emmet’s commute, mile by mile
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.
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: questions
What is the median household income in Emmet?
$63,750 (±$51,799) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Emmet?
5.0%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Emmet work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stuart (30%, 19 mi), Atkinson (25%, 9 mi), Sheridan Township (15%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Emmet 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, from the people who make the trip.
More of Emmet
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.