Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Rockford Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers (Nebraska 11%). There are 21 jobs in Rockford Township, against 159 working residents. Hardly any work in Rockford Township itself; outside it, Lincoln draws the most (30%, 41 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Rockford Township
On a workday 159 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Rockford Township on a workday afternoon, 47% fewer than live here.
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 Rockford Township goes to work
Where Rockford Township clocks in
30% of workers
5% 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: 48% of jobs based in Rockford Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rockford Township, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 21. 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 Rockford Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Rockford Township: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rockford Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 179 commuters (the 4% 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.
Where in the region Rockford Township works
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.
How Rockford Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Riverside Township (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rockford Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockford Township | – | — | — | 31 min | $101,607 |
| Sherman Township | under 1% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Riverside Township | 1% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Blue Springs-Wymore Township | under 1% | D | C | 23 min | $56,799 |
| Logan Township | under 1% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sherman Township, Riverside Township and Logan Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rockford 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 Rockford Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rockford Township?
$101,607 (±$15,058) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rockford Township?
0.3%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rockford Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rockford Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lincoln (30%, 41 mi), Beatrice (28%, 7 mi), Omaha (5%, 79 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rockford 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 Rockford Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rockford 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.