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Jobs & commute in Hamilton Township

Most of Hamilton Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident

Hardly any work in Hamilton Township itself; outside it, Geneva draws the most (37%, 10 miles). Hamilton Township has 17 jobs, against 54 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers; Nebraska has 11%.

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

Day and night

Hamilton Township on a workday afternoon

On a workday 54 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.

54live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
17work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night92
Workday55
92live here− 54head out to work+ 17come in to work= 55on a workday

About 55 people are in Hamilton Township on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.31jobs 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

Where Hamilton Township’s working residents head each day

Missouri Valley: 1 residents work here (2%)SwantonGrafton: 1 residents work here (2%)Bruning: 1 residents work here (2%)PlymouthShickleyAlexandriaDeshler: 1 residents work here (2%)Exeter: 2 residents work here (4%)MilfordClarkson: 1 residents work here (2%)Fairmont: 3 residents work here (6%)Geneva: 20 residents work here (37%)Fairbury: 2 residents work here (4%)McCookBeatriceLincoln: 12 residents work here (22%)Stanton TownshipHamilton TownshipBelle Prairie TownshipGenevaLincolnFairmontExeterFairburyMissouri ValleyHamilton Township
1
Geneva9.9 mi away
37%20
2
Lincoln58.8 mi away
22%12
3
Fairmont16.9 mi away
6%3
4
Exeter20.4 mi away
4%2
5
Fairbury30.5 mi away
4%2
6
Missouri Valley, IA121.7 mi away
2%1
7
Grafton16.6 mi away
2%1
8
Bruning6.1 mi away
2%1
9
Deshler17.9 mi away
2%1
10
Clarkson95.9 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
19%10
The top trips

Where Hamilton 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

A place that makes things: 100% of Hamilton Township’s jobs are in goods

Jobs based in Hamilton TownshipJobs Hamilton Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%19%
Trade, transport & utilities0%20%
Services: health, schools, offices0%61%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less12%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%28%
Over $3,333 a month47%61%

Who does it

29 or younger12%22%
30 to 5435%48%
55 and older53%30%
−35%

Jobs based in Hamilton Township, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 17. 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 Hamilton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 17 minutes to work from Hamilton Township

A year of commuting
132 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Hamilton Township17 min
Nebraska19 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
1%

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

About 0 in 10
How Hamilton Township gets to work
91%Drive alone
3%Carpool
6%Walk

Share of the 123 commuters (the 1% 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

Short hops and long hauls from Hamilton Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miGeneva: 37% · 9.9 miLincoln: 22% · 58.8 miFairmont: 6% · 16.9 miExeter: 4% · 20.4 miFairbury: 4% · 30.5 miMissouri Valley: 2% · 121.7 miGrafton: 2% · 16.6 miBruning: 2% · 6.1 miDeshler: 2% · 17.9 miClarkson: 2% · 95.9 miGeneva 37%Lincoln 22%Fairmont 6%Exeter 4%Fairbury 4%Hamilton Township
Hamilton TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
17%Under 10 mi9 residents
41%10–24 mi22 residents
11%25–50 mi6 residents
31%Over 50 mi17 residents

About 31% 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

Around Hamilton Township: the bordering towns

Belle Prairie Township: few work hereStanton Township: few work hereBelle Prairie TownshipStanton TownshipHamilton Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Hamilton Township17 min
Belle Prairie Township25 min
Stanton Township45 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownHamilton Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Hamilton Township–——17 min$93,750
Belle Prairie Townshipunder 2%——25 min—
Stanton Townshipunder 2%——45 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Belle Prairie Township and Stanton Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Hamilton 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 Hamilton Township: questions

What is the median household income in Hamilton Township?

$93,750 (±$68,526) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Hamilton Township?

1.7%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Hamilton Township?

17 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Hamilton Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Geneva (37%, 10 mi), Lincoln (22%, 59 mi), Fairmont (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Hamilton Township

Hamilton 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.