Shell Creek Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers; Nebraska has 11%. 253 jobs are based in Shell Creek Township, and 476 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% work in Shell Creek Township; the top destination outside it is Columbus (44%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Shell Creek Township
Shell Creek Township and Columbus trade workers both ways
Columbus is the top workplace for Shell Creek Township residents (44%) and also where the most people who work in Shell Creek Township come from (27% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Shell Creek Township residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Few Shell Creek Township workers work from home
Only 2% 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; with 476 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Shell Creek Township goes to work
Where Shell Creek Township clocks in
44% of workers
12% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Shell Creek Township
About 20% 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.
Commuting from Shell Creek Township: about 19 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shell Creek Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 468 commuters (the 2% 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 daily flow of workers through Shell Creek Township
On a workday 460 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 237 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Shell Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Shell Creek Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shell Creek Township, 2013 → 2023: 217 → 253. 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 Shell Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Around Shell Creek Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shell Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shell Creek Township | – | — | — | 19 min | $108,750 |
| Grand Prairie Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Lost Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Bismark Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Grand Prairie Township, Lost Creek Township and Bismark Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Shell Creek 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 Shell Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Shell Creek Township?
$108,750 (±$35,261) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shell Creek Township?
8.1%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shell Creek 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 Shell Creek Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (44%, 8 mi), Columbus Township (12%, 8 mi), Omaha (5%, 74 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Shell 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 Shell Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shell Creek 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.