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Jobs & commute in Merry Township

Merry Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

0% of workers work from home, where Nebraska as a whole has 11%. Merry Township has 3 jobs, against 36 working residents. Hardly any work in Merry Township itself; outside it, Winnebago draws the most (14%, 6 miles).

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

Day and night

Merry Township by day and by night

On a workday 36 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.

36live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
3work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night67
Workday34
67live here− 36head out to work+ 3come in to work= 34on a workday

About 34 people are in Merry Township on a workday afternoon, 49% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.08jobs 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

Out of Merry Township to work: where people go

Phoenix: 1 residents work here (3%)Winnebago: 5 residents work here (14%)Walthill: 1 residents work here (3%)Allen: 1 residents work here (3%)Emerson: 2 residents work here (6%)Pender: 4 residents work here (11%)Wakefield: 2 residents work here (6%)Wayne: 3 residents work here (8%)Lincoln: 2 residents work here (6%)Omaha: 2 residents work here (6%)Sioux FallsMerry TownshipBryan TownshipFlournoy TownshipPerry TownshipOmaha TownshipWinnebago TownshipWinnebagoPenderWayneEmersonWakefieldLincolnMerry Township
1
Winnebago6.4 mi away
14%5
2
Pender9.9 mi away
11%4
3
Wayne21.1 mi away
8%3
4
Emerson7.6 mi away
6%2
5
Wakefield13.9 mi away
6%2
6
Lincoln97.9 mi away
6%2
7
Omaha72.2 mi away
6%2
8
Phoenix, AZ1032.3 mi away
3%1
9
Walthill7.5 mi away
3%1
10
Allen18.2 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
36%13
The top trips

Where Merry 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

Merry Township makes things: 67% of its jobs are in goods

Jobs based in Merry TownshipJobs Merry Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms67%22%
Trade, transport & utilities0%19%
Services: health, schools, offices33%58%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less33%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%31%
Over $3,333 a month33%56%

Who does it

29 or younger0%25%
30 to 5467%42%
55 and older33%33%
−94%

Jobs based in Merry Township, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 3. 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 Merry Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 26 minutes each way for Merry Township’s commuters

A year of commuting
199 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Merry Township26 min
Nebraska19 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Merry Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 21 commuters (the 0% 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

Near or far: the trip to work from Merry Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miWinnebago: 14% · 6.4 miPender: 11% · 9.9 miWayne: 8% · 21.1 miEmerson: 6% · 7.6 miWakefield: 6% · 13.9 miLincoln: 6% · 97.9 miOmaha: 6% · 72.2 miPhoenix: 3% · 1032.3 miWalthill: 3% · 7.5 miAllen: 3% · 18.2 miWinnebago 14%Pender 11%Wayne 8%Emerson 6%Merry Township
Merry TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
37%Under 10 mi13 residents
29%10–24 mi10 residents
9%25–50 mi3 residents
26%Over 50 mi9 residents

About 26% 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

Merry Township and its neighbors

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Winnebago Township18 min
Flournoy Township19 min
Omaha Township21 min
Perry Township26 min
Merry Township26 min
Bryan Township36 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownMerry Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Merry Township–——26 min$97,188
Winnebago Townshipunder 3%C−B−18 min$65,625
Perry Townshipunder 3%——26 min—
Flournoy Townshipunder 3%——19 min—
Bryan Townshipunder 3%——36 min—
Omaha Townshipunder 3%CB+21 min$66,932

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

Darker towns draw more of Merry 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 Merry Township: questions

What is the median household income in Merry Township?

$97,188 (±$30,442) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Merry Township?

0.0%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Merry Township?

26 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Merry Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winnebago (14%, 6 mi), Pender (11%, 10 mi), Wayne (8%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Merry Township

Merry 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.