Jobs and the daily commute in Midland Township
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Nebraska has 11%. Hardly any work in Midland Township itself; outside it, Beatrice draws the most (36%, 3 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 34 minutes, next to 19 for Nebraska and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Midland Township by day and by night
On a workday 145 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 110 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Midland Township on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).
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 places Midland Township commutes to
Where Midland Township clocks in
22% of workers
8% 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.
A place that makes things: 62% of Midland Township’s jobs are in goods
110 jobs are based in Midland Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Midland Township, 2013 → 2023: 522 → 110. 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 Midland Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 34 minutes to work from Midland Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Midland Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 316 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.
The distance from Midland Township to work
About 23% 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.
Midland Township and its neighbors: 38% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Midland Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midland Township | – | — | — | 34 min | $70,806 |
| Beatrice | 36% | C+ | B+ | 16 min | $57,264 |
| Logan Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Blakely Township | 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Riverside Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Lincoln Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Logan Township, Blakely Township, Riverside Township and Lincoln Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Beatrice. Darker towns draw more of Midland 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 Midland Township: questions
What is the median household income in Midland Township?
$70,806 (±$18,743) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Midland Township?
1.4%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Midland Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Midland Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Beatrice (36%, 3 mi), Lincoln (22%, 35 mi), Omaha (8%, 75 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Midland 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 Midland Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Midland 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.