Omaha Township has lower household incomes than 63% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, next to 11% for Nebraska as a whole. 9.5% of residents live below the poverty line, against 10.6% across Nebraska. The two grades for Omaha Township are C for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Omaha Township at work: what stands out
29% of Omaha Township works in Macy
102 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Macy, 6.1 miles away. That’s 4 times as many as work in Omaha Township itself. The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Omaha Township’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 21 minutes, longer than the Nebraska average of 19. 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 355 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Omaha Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Omaha Township is better than 29% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Omaha Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 17% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (11.2%) is left out: Omaha Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Omaha Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
29% of working residents work in Macy
Where Omaha Township clocks in
29% of workers
11% 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 Omaha Township takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Omaha Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 342 commuters (the 3% 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.
A workday in Omaha Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 331 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 185 people come in from elsewhere.
About 890 people are in Omaha Township on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What the 209 jobs in Omaha Township are
209 jobs are based in Omaha Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Omaha Township, 2013 → 2023: 266 → 209. 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 Omaha Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Omaha Township
About 17% 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.
Omaha Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Omaha Township is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 10.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.5% across Nebraska, on an EPA index of 6.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 351 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 10.5% of Omaha Township households have no vehicle (Nebraska 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Omaha Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Omaha Township is 1,772nd among 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
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| 132 | Pohocco Township NE | 1,296 | $100K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 176 | Arlington NE | 1,329 | $94K | 3.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 189 | Fort Calhoun NE | 1,108 | $102K | 6.9% | 2.1% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,770 | DeRuyter NY | 1,257 | $75K | 9.1% | 0.8% | 6% | C |
| 1,771 | Holland TX | 1,188 | $63K | 18.8% | 3.0% | 5% | C |
| 1,772 | Omaha Township NE | 1,039 | $67K | 9.5% | 11.2% | 7% | C |
| 1,773 | Johnstonville CA | 1,039 | $100K | 15.9% | 14.6% | 2% | C |
| 1,774 | Banner Elk NC | 1,242 | $86K | 13.0% | 2.4% | 12% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Omaha Township, the top three, the last and three more from Nebraska.
The towns next door employ 10% of Omaha Township
The biggest share goes to Blackbird Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Omaha Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha Township | – | C | B+ | 21 min | $66,932 |
| Winnebago Township | 2% | C− | B− | 18 min | $65,625 |
| Blackbird Township | 8% | D− | — | 15 min | $44,688 |
| Dawes Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Bryan Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Merry Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dawes Township, Bryan Township and Merry Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Omaha 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 Omaha Township: questions
What is the median household income in Omaha Township?
$66,932 (±$6,608) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Omaha Township?
9.5%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Omaha Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Omaha Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Macy (29%, 6 mi), Pender (11%, 12 mi), Blackbird Township (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Omaha Township walkable?
Omaha Township is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Omaha Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Omaha Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Omaha 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.