Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainEarning a living in Sholes
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 11% across Nebraska. Hardly any stay in Sholes for work; outside it, Wakefield is the main destination (25%, 23 miles). Sholes has 8 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Sholes
On a workday 8 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9 people are in Sholes on a workday afternoon, 47% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
Where Sholes goes to work
Where Sholes clocks in
25% 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.
Working from home in Sholes
of Sholes workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5 commuters (the 0% 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 Sholes works
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.
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 Sholes: questions
What is the poverty rate in Sholes?
7.1%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Sholes work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wakefield (25%, 23 mi), Wayne (25%, 16 mi), Dodge (13%, 47 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sholes 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 Sholes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sholes
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.