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Jobs & commute in School Creek Township

School Creek Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Employers in School Creek Township report 22 jobs, and 50 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 14% of workers, next to 11% for Nebraska as a whole.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How many people are in School Creek Township by day

On a workday 50 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.

50live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
22work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night150
Workday120
150live here− 50head out to work+ 22come in to work= 120on a workday

About 120 people are in School Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.44jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

16% of working residents work in Sutton

Republican CityEmerson: 1 residents work here (2%)Blue Hill: 1 residents work here (2%)Henderson: 2 residents work here (4%)Harvard: 6 residents work here (12%)Sutton: 8 residents work here (16%)AuroraChadronFremontHastings: 8 residents work here (16%)Grand Island: 2 residents work here (4%)Lincoln: 4 residents work here (8%)Omaha: 3 residents work here (6%)San AntonioNorth Franklin TownshipGrafton TownshipEldorado TownshipSchool Creek TownshipSutton TownshipInland: 2 residents work here (4%)SuttonHastingsHarvardLincolnOmahaHendersonSchool Creek Township
1
Sutton4.2 mi away
16%8
2
Hastings26.6 mi away
16%8
3
Harvard11.1 mi away
12%6
4
Lincoln64.5 mi away
8%4
5
Omaha104.5 mi away
6%3
6
Henderson9.1 mi away
4%2
7
Grand Island30.3 mi away
4%2
8
Inland18 mi away
4%2
9
Emerson126.9 mi away
2%1
10
Blue Hill37.1 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
26%13
The top trips

Where School Creek Township clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

School Creek Township works in goods: 59% of its jobs

Jobs based in School Creek TownshipJobs School Creek Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms59%16%
Trade, transport & utilities18%30%
Services: health, schools, offices23%54%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%8%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%28%
Over $3,333 a month77%64%

Who does it

29 or younger23%16%
30 to 5459%68%
55 and older18%16%
−52%

Jobs based in School Creek Township, 2014 → 2024: 46 → 22. 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 2024.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs School Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in School Creek Township

Working from home
14%

of School Creek Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How School Creek Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 42 commuters (the 14% 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 far

How far it is to work from School Creek Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSutton: 16% · 4.2 miHastings: 16% · 26.6 miHarvard: 12% · 11.1 miLincoln: 8% · 64.5 miOmaha: 6% · 104.5 miHenderson: 4% · 9.1 miGrand Island: 4% · 30.3 miInland: 4% · 18 miEmerson: 2% · 126.9 miBlue Hill: 2% · 37.1 miSutton 16%Hastings 16%Harvard 12%Lincoln 8%Omaha 6%School Creek Township
School Creek TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
18%Under 10 mi9 residents
32%10–24 mi16 residents
24%25–50 mi12 residents
26%Over 50 mi13 residents

About 26% 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 2024.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Next door

16% of School Creek Township works in a bordering town

Jobs & commute next door

TownSchool Creek Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
School Creek Township–———$95,278
Sutton16%B−B17 min$81,313
Grafton Townshipunder 2%——18 min—
Eldorado Townshipunder 2%——32 min—
Sutton Townshipunder 2%——32 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Grafton Township, Eldorado Township and Sutton Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Sutton. Darker towns draw more of School Creek Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in School Creek Township: questions

What is the median household income in School Creek Township?

$95,278 (±$19,749) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in School Creek Township?

0.0%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in School Creek Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sutton (16%, 4 mi), Hastings (16%, 27 mi), Harvard (12%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around School Creek 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 School Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of School Creek Township

School Creek Township home →

Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.