Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Holt Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded–Not graded
Jobs & commute in Holt Township

Holt Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each

Only 1% work in Holt Township itself; outside it, Lincoln draws the most (31%, 29 miles). Employers in Holt Township report 73 jobs, against 235 working residents. Home is the office for 29% of workers, next to 11% for Nebraska as a whole.

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

What stands out · In brief

Work in Holt Township, in a few figures

A lot of Holt Township works from home

29% of Holt Township workers work from home, against 11% across Nebraska. Time on the road ↓

31% of Holt Township works in Lincoln

73 working residents, 31%, have their main job in Lincoln, 29 miles away. That’s 31 times as many as work in Holt Township itself. The commute map ↓

Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 235 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

★ What stands out · Time on the road

The daily trip from Holt Township: about 23 minutes

A year of commuting
176 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Holt Township23 min
Nebraska19 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
29%

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

About 3 in 10
How Holt Township gets to work
97%Drive alone
3%Carpool

Share of the 301 commuters (the 29% 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.

The commute map

Where people from Holt Township work

Council Bluffs: 3 residents work here (1%)Marysville: 4 residents work here (2%)Diller: 3 residents work here (1%)Fairbury: 4 residents work here (2%)Gretna: 4 residents work here (2%)Beatrice: 50 residents work here (21%)Grand Island: 5 residents work here (2%)Lincoln: 73 residents work here (31%)Omaha: 15 residents work here (6%)Highland TownshipRiverside TownshipBlakely Township: 7 residents work here (3%)Logan TownshipHanover TownshipNemaha TownshipGrant TownshipHolt TownshipLincolnBeatriceOmahaBlakely TownshipGrand IslandMarysvilleHolt Township
1
Lincoln29.2 mi away
31%73
2
Beatrice8.1 mi away
21%50
3
Omaha70.2 mi away
6%15
4
Blakely Township8.5 mi away
3%7
5
Grand Island92.3 mi away
2%5
6
Marysville, KS38.2 mi away
2%4
7
Fairbury28.5 mi away
2%4
8
Gretna58.4 mi away
2%4
9
Council Bluffs, IA74.7 mi away
1%3
10
Diller22 mi away
1%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
29%67
The top trips

Where Holt 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.

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Holt Township

On a workday 232 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere.

232live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
70work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night460
Workday300
460live here− 230head out to work+ 70come in to work= 300on a workday

About 300 people are in Holt Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 jobs

What Holt Township’s employers do

Jobs based in Holt TownshipJobs Holt Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms19%18%
Trade, transport & utilities73%25%
Services: health, schools, offices8%57%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less21%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%23%
Over $3,333 a month45%67%

Who does it

29 or younger37%17%
30 to 5444%52%
55 and older19%30%
+46%

Jobs based in Holt Township, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 73. 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 Holt Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

How far it is to work from Holt Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLincoln: 31% · 29.2 miBeatrice: 21% · 8.1 miOmaha: 6% · 70.2 miBlakely Township: 3% · 8.5 miGrand Island: 2% · 92.3 miMarysville: 2% · 38.2 miFairbury: 2% · 28.5 miGretna: 2% · 58.4 miCouncil Bluffs: 1% · 74.7 miDiller: 1% · 22 miLincoln 31%Beatrice 21%Omaha 6%Blakely Township 3%Grand Island 2%Holt Township
Holt TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
26%Under 10 mi60 residents
18%10–24 mi41 residents
37%25–50 mi87 residents
19%Over 50 mi45 residents

About 19% 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

How Holt Township compares with the towns next door

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Grant Township21 min
Holt Township23 min
Highland Township27 min
Hanover Township42 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownHolt Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Holt Township–——23 min$70,208
Highland Townshipunder 2%——27 min—
Grant Townshipunder 2%——21 min—
Hanover Townshipunder 2%——42 min—

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

Darker towns draw more of Holt 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 Holt Township: questions

What is the median household income in Holt Township?

$70,208 (±$19,801) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Holt Township?

1.6%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Holt Township?

23 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Holt Township work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lincoln (31%, 29 mi), Beatrice (21%, 8 mi), Omaha (6%, 70 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Holt Township

Holt 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.