Fairmont Army Airfield · Photo: United States Geological Survey (USGS) · Public domainMadison Township has 2.3 jobs for every working resident: 577 people commute in to work
For 5% of workers, the job is at home, against 11% across Nebraska. There are 624 jobs in Madison Township; 271 of its residents have a job. About one in five work in Madison Township itself; outside it, Geneva draws the most (28%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Madison Township and work: the main findings
Madison Township is where the jobs are
Madison Township has 624 jobs, 2.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 970 people are in town, 57% more than the 620 who live here. Day and night ↓
Madison Township and Geneva trade workers both ways
Geneva is the top workplace for Madison Township residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Madison Township come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Madison Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 12 minutes, against 19 across Nebraska. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Nebraska worker. Time on the road ↓
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 271 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Madison Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 224 residents head out to work and 47 work right here.
About 970 people are in Madison Township on a workday afternoon, 57% 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.
Commuting in to Madison Township: where workers come from
Where Madison Township clocks in
28% of workers
11% of workers
6% 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.
Time on the road from Madison Township: about 12 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Madison Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 221 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.
Goods, not services: 30% of the jobs in Madison Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Madison Township, 2013 → 2023: 446 → 624. 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 Madison Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Madison Township commutes
About 25% 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.
How Madison Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Madison Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Township | – | — | — | 12 min | $64,375 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Chelsea Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Exeter-Fairmont Consolidated Township | under 2% | C− | B+ | 21 min | $72,727 |
Same-state neighbors only. Liberty Township and Chelsea Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Madison 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 Madison Township: questions
What is the median household income in Madison Township?
$64,375 (±$45,097) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Madison Township?
5.6%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Madison Township?
12 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Madison Township work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Geneva (28%, 4 mi), Lincoln (11%, 48 mi), Fairmont (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Madison Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Madison Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Madison 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.