Dodge County Courthouse · Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainAbout two in five of Platte Township’s working residents commute to Fremont
2% of workers have no commute at all (Nebraska 11%). Platte Township grades C for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Measured by household income, Platte Township is behind 79% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Platte Township and work: the main findings
Platte Township trades workers with the towns around it
Platte Township has about as many jobs (1,229) as working residents (1,346), but they are mostly different people: 1,295 residents leave for work each day while 1,178 people come in. Only 4% of the jobs in Platte Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Platte Township makes and builds things
63% of the jobs based in Platte Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Platte Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 31%. The jobs ↓
A young workforce
30% of Platte Township’s working residents are 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Few Platte Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 11% across Nebraska. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Inside Platte Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Platte Township is better than 26% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Platte Township’s grade up (ahead of 59% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (18.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (2.0%) is left out: Platte 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, Platte Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
Who works in Platte Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,295 residents head out to work, 51 work right here, and 1,178 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 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.
Where Platte Township’s working residents head each day
Where Platte Township clocks in
20% 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.
Platte Township makes things: 63% of its jobs are in goods
1,229 jobs are based in Platte Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Platte Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,362 → 1,229. 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 Platte Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 19 minutes to work from Platte Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Platte Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 923 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.
The distance from Platte 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.
For most of Platte Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Platte Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.5% across Nebraska.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 947 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). 2.2% of Platte Township households have no vehicle (Nebraska 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Platte Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Platte Township is 3,861st among 5,641 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 3,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 349 | Beaver Lake NE | 2,114 | $122K | 1.7% | 3.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 371 | Township 7 NE | 2,760 | $93K | 5.3% | 0.3% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 521 | Bennington NE | 1,968 | $98K | 5.3% | 3.0% | <1% | A |
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| 3,859 | Barry Township IL | 1,553 | $77K | 14.9% | 5.3% | 14% | C |
| 3,860 | Tipton Township IN | 2,374 | $57K | 12.1% | 3.8% | 3% | C |
| 3,861 | Platte Township NE | 2,209 | $57K | 18.0% | 2.0% | 4% | C |
| 3,862 | Lisbon NH | 1,626 | $66K | 8.6% | 1.8% | 14% | C |
| 3,863 | Vander NC | 1,922 | $67K | 23.4% | 4.9% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,641 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Platte Township, the top three, the last and three more from Nebraska.
Work next door: 41% of Platte Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Platte Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Township | – | C | C− | 19 min | $56,625 |
| Fremont | 41% | B− | B+ | 17 min | $71,152 |
| North Cedar Township | under 1% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Pohocco Township | under 1% | A | B− | 26 min | $100,313 |
| Elkhorn Township | under 1% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Inglewood | under 1% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Cotterell Township | under 1% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Nickerson Township | under 1% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. North Cedar Township, Elkhorn Township, Inglewood and Cotterell Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Nickerson Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fremont. Darker towns draw more of Platte 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 Platte Township: questions
What is the median household income in Platte Township?
$56,625 (±$25,145) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Platte Township?
18.0%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Platte Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Platte Township work?
4% work in town.
Is Platte Township walkable?
Platte Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Platte 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 Platte Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Platte 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.