Grattan Township draws 333 commuters a day, with 2.2 jobs for every working resident
A typical one-way commute lasts 33 minutes, where Nebraska has 19 and the U.S. 26. Grattan Township has 337 jobs, against 155 working residents. Only 3% stay in Grattan Township for work; outside it, Atkinson is the main destination (17%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Grattan Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 151 residents head out to work and 4 work right here.
About 1,000 people are in Grattan Township on a workday afternoon, 22% more 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.
Who travels to work in Grattan Township, and from where
Where Grattan Township clocks in
17% of workers
8% 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.
29% of the jobs in Grattan Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grattan Township, 2013 → 2023: 194 → 337. 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 Grattan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 33 minutes from Grattan Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grattan Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 224 commuters (the 14% 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.
Grattan Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 41% 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.
Grattan Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grattan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grattan Township | – | — | — | 33 min | $67,891 |
| Inman Township | under 3% | — | — | 53 min | — |
| Emmet Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Shamrock Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Shields Township | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Antelope Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Inman Township, Emmet Township, Shamrock Township, Shields Township and Antelope Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Grattan 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 Grattan Township: questions
What is the median household income in Grattan Township?
$67,891 (±$9,268) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grattan Township?
13.9%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grattan Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grattan Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atkinson (17%, 17 mi), Omaha (8%, 157 mi), Stuart (6%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Grattan Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grattan Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grattan 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.