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Jobs & commute in Grant Township

With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Grant Township works elsewhere

Hardly any stay in Grant Township for work; outside it, Arnold is the main destination (13%, 24 miles). 6 jobs are based in Grant Township, and 23 of its residents work somewhere. For 0% of workers, the job is at home (Nebraska 11%).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How a workday changes Grant Township

On a workday 23 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.

23live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
6work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night51
Workday34
51live here− 23head out to work+ 6come in to work= 34on a workday

About 34 people are in Grant Township on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.26jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Commuting out of Grant Township: the destinations

Beloit: 1 residents work here (4%)Greeley CenterCallaway: 2 residents work here (9%)Arnold: 3 residents work here (13%)Sargent: 1 residents work here (4%)Broken Bow: 2 residents work here (9%)Cozad: 1 residents work here (4%)Lexington: 1 residents work here (4%)Norfolk: 1 residents work here (4%)Hastings: 1 residents work here (4%)Lincoln: 2 residents work here (9%)Wayne TownshipElim TownshipGrant TownshipArnold TownshipDelight TownshipWood River TownshipArnoldCallawayBroken BowLincolnBeloitSargentGrant Township
1
Arnold24.2 mi away
13%3
2
Callaway12.8 mi away
9%2
3
Broken Bow26.9 mi away
9%2
4
Lincoln173.7 mi away
9%2
5
Beloit, KS150.6 mi away
4%1
6
Sargent48.3 mi away
4%1
7
Cozad17.3 mi away
4%1
8
Lexington26.1 mi away
4%1
9
Norfolk146.3 mi away
4%1
10
Hastings90.4 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
35%8
The top trips

Where Grant Township clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Factories, building and farms: 100% of the jobs in Grant Township

Jobs based in Grant TownshipJobs Grant Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%26%
Trade, transport & utilities0%9%
Services: health, schools, offices0%65%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less17%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%22%
Over $3,333 a month33%61%

Who does it

29 or younger17%9%
30 to 5483%70%
55 and older0%22%
+500%

Jobs based in Grant Township, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 6. 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 Grant Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Grant Township

Working from home
0%

of Grant Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Grant Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 5 commuters (the 0% 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

How far Grant Township goes to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miArnold: 13% · 24.2 miCallaway: 9% · 12.8 miBroken Bow: 9% · 26.9 miLincoln: 9% · 173.7 miBeloit: 4% · 150.6 miSargent: 4% · 48.3 miCozad: 4% · 17.3 miLexington: 4% · 26.1 miNorfolk: 4% · 146.3 miHastings: 4% · 90.4 miArnold 13%Callaway 9%Broken Bow 9%Lincoln 9%Beloit 4%Grant Township
Grant TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
4%Under 10 mi1 residents
35%10–24 mi8 residents
26%25–50 mi6 residents
35%Over 50 mi8 residents

About 35% 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.

Next door

Grant Township and the towns next door

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Delight Township12 min
Elim Township12 min
Wood River Township28 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownGrant Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Grant Township–————
Wood River Townshipunder 5%——28 min—
Wayne Townshipunder 5%————
Delight Townshipunder 5%——12 min—
Elim Townshipunder 5%——12 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Wood River Township, Wayne Township, Delight Township and Elim Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Grant Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Grant Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Grant Township?

0.0%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Grant Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Arnold (13%, 24 mi), Callaway (9%, 13 mi), Broken Bow (9%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Grant 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 Grant Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Grant Township

Grant Township home →

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.