Most of Hooper Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Hooper Township B; getting around on foot earns it C. Employers in Hooper Township report 268 jobs, and 513 of its residents work somewhere. Only 6% stay in Hooper Township for work; outside it, Fremont is the main destination (20%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Hooper Township apart
Why Hooper Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Hooper Township is better than 60% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Hooper Township’s grade up (4.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 35% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.2%) is left out: Hooper Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Hooper Township could be anywhere from B− to B+.
What Hooper Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hooper Township, 2013 → 2023: 590 → 268. 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 Hooper Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Hooper Township by day and by night
On a workday 481 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 236 people come in from elsewhere.
About 830 people are in Hooper Township on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer 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.
The towns that employ Hooper Township’s residents
Where Hooper Township clocks in
17% of workers
7% 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.
Getting to work from Hooper Township takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hooper Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 593 commuters (the 5% 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 distance from Hooper Township to work
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.
Most of Hooper Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hooper Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Hooper Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 624 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.0% of Hooper Township households have no vehicle (Nebraska 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hooper Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hooper Township is 915th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | Yutan NE | 1,451 | $103K | 0.7% | 8.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 132 | Buccaneer Bay NE | 1,418 | $161K | 4.9% | 0.0% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 174 | Pohocco Township NE | 1,296 | $100K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 913 | Union Springs NY | 1,057 | $81K | 4.4% | 4.1% | 8% | B |
| 914 | Albion Township MN | 1,279 | $101K | 8.7% | 4.8% | <1% | B |
| 915 | Hooper Township NE | 1,079 | $77K | 4.8% | 1.2% | 6% | B |
| 916 | Addison VT | 1,352 | $107K | 4.5% | 0.6% | 3% | B |
| 917 | Buhler KS | 1,320 | $73K | 4.2% | 1.8% | 11% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Hooper Township, the top three, the last and three more from Nebraska.
How Hooper Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Hooper (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hooper Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hooper Township | – | B | C | 23 min | $76,750 |
| Nickerson Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Everett Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Township 5 | under 3% | B | C | 28 min | $90,469 |
| Logan Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Hooper | 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Township 6 | under 3% | A− | B− | 20 min | $95,492 |
Same-state neighbors only. Nickerson Township: not graded. Everett Township, Logan Township and Hooper: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hooper 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 Hooper Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hooper Township?
$76,750 (±$8,403) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hooper Township?
4.8%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hooper Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hooper Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fremont (20%, 12 mi), Omaha (17%, 33 mi), Lincoln (7%, 56 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hooper Township walkable?
Hooper Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hooper Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hooper Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hooper 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.