How Glengary Township works: jobs, income and commuting
The trip to work takes 26 minutes on average (Nebraska 19, U.S. 26). Only 7% stay in Glengary Township for work; outside it, Geneva is the main destination (12%, 9 miles). Glengary Township has 125 jobs, and 129 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 120 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 116 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 (0.97 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.
The places Glengary Township commutes to
Where Glengary Township clocks in
12% of workers
12% of workers
9% 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.
Goods jobs make up 35% of work in Glengary Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glengary Township, 2013 → 2023: 147 → 125. 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 Glengary Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Glengary Township’s commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glengary Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 171 commuters (the 8% 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 Glengary Township goes to work
About 20% 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 Glengary Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Glengary Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glengary Township | – | — | — | 26 min | $67,143 |
| Liberty Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Franklin Township | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Chelsea Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Liberty Township, Franklin Township and Chelsea Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Glengary 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 Glengary Township: questions
What is the median household income in Glengary Township?
$67,143 (±$11,256) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glengary Township?
10.1%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glengary Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glengary Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Geneva (12%, 9 mi), Lincoln (12%, 46 mi), Fairmont (9%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Glengary 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 Glengary Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glengary 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.