How Reading Township works: jobs, income and commuting
Commuters spend 24 minutes getting to work on average; the Nebraska average is 19, the U.S. 26. Hardly any stay in Reading Township for work; outside it, Columbus is the main destination (15%, 18 miles). Reading Township has 129 jobs for 215 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Reading Township apart
About 24 minutes each way for Reading Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Reading Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 254 commuters (the 9% 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 many people are in Reading Township by day
On a workday 213 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Reading Township on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.60 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.
Commuting out of Reading Township: the destinations
Where Reading Township clocks in
15% of workers
13% of workers
10% 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.
Making and building: 50% of jobs based in Reading Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Reading Township, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 129. 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 Reading Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Reading Township works
About 18% 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 to Reading Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Reading Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $103,750 |
| Summit Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Read Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Union Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Summit Township, Read Township and Union Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Reading 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 Reading Township: questions
What is the median household income in Reading Township?
$103,750 (±$38,014) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Reading Township?
4.9%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Reading Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Reading Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (15%, 18 mi), David City (13%, 11 mi), Lincoln (10%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Reading Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Reading Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Reading 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.