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Jobs & commute in Sherman Township

Where Sherman Township earns its living

36% of workers work from home, against 11% across Nebraska. Only 1% work in Sherman Township; the top destination outside it is Columbus (23%, 12 miles). Working residents average 19 minutes each way, about the same as across Nebraska.

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

Day and night

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 80 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere.

80live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
60work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night230
Workday210
230live here− 80head out to work+ 60come in to work= 210on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.75jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

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

The places Sherman Township commutes to

BostonCreston: 2 residents work here (2%)Lindsay: 7 residents work here (9%)Humphrey: 3 residents work here (4%)HowellsMadisonColumbus: 19 residents work here (23%)Norfolk: 3 residents work here (4%)Lincoln: 4 residents work here (5%)Omaha: 5 residents work here (6%)Burrows Township: 3 residents work here (4%)Creston TownshipGrand Prairie TownshipHumphrey Township: 4 residents work here (5%)Bismark TownshipColumbus Township: 4 residents work here (5%)St. Bernard TownshipSherman TownshipColumbusLindsayOmahaLincolnHumphrey TownshipColumbus TownshipSherman Township
1
Columbus12.4 mi away
23%19
2
Lindsay20.8 mi away
9%7
3
Omaha69.3 mi away
6%5
4
Lincoln64.5 mi away
5%4
55%4
6
Columbus Township10.9 mi away
5%4
7
Humphrey10.5 mi away
4%3
8
Norfolk29.3 mi away
4%3
9
Burrows Township11.6 mi away
4%3
10
Creston7.1 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%27
The top trips

Where Sherman 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

Making and building: 82% of jobs based in Sherman Township

61 jobs are based in Sherman Township.

Jobs based in Sherman TownshipJobs Sherman Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms82%33%
Trade, transport & utilities10%21%
Services: health, schools, offices8%46%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less13%20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%16%
Over $3,333 a month67%64%

Who does it

29 or younger38%23%
30 to 5436%47%
55 and older26%30%
−30%

Jobs based in Sherman Township, 2014 → 2024: 87 → 61. 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 Sherman Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Getting to work from Sherman Township takes about 19 minutes

A year of commuting
146 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Sherman Township19 min
Nebraska19 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
36%

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

About 4 in 10
How Sherman Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 70 commuters (the 36% 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

Half of Sherman Township commutes less than 15 miles

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miColumbus: 23% · 12.4 miLindsay: 9% · 20.8 miOmaha: 6% · 69.3 miLincoln: 5% · 64.5 miHumphrey Township: 5% · 7.9 miColumbus Township: 5% · 10.9 miHumphrey: 4% · 10.5 miNorfolk: 4% · 29.3 miBurrows Township: 4% · 11.6 miCreston: 2% · 7.1 miColumbus 23%Lindsay 9%Omaha 6%Lincoln 5%Humphrey Township 5%Sherman Township
Sherman TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
10%Under 10 mi8 residents
54%10–24 mi44 residents
12%25–50 mi10 residents
23%Over 50 mi19 residents

About 23% 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

Sherman Township and its neighbors

Bismark Township: few work hereGrand Prairie Township: few work hereCreston Township: few work hereBismark TownshipGrand Prairie TownshipCreston TownshipSherman Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Bismark Township16 min
Grand Prairie Township16 min
Creston Township19 min
Sherman Township19 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownSherman Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Sherman Township–——19 min$101,389
Bismark Townshipunder 3%——16 min—
Grand Prairie Townshipunder 3%——16 min—
Creston Townshipunder 3%——19 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Bismark Township, Grand Prairie Township and Creston Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Sherman 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 Sherman Township: questions

What is the median household income in Sherman Township?

$101,389 (±$20,453) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Sherman Township?

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

How long is the commute from Sherman Township?

19 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 36% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Sherman Township work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (23%, 12 mi), Lindsay (9%, 21 mi), Omaha (6%, 69 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Sherman Township

Sherman 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.