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Jobs & commute in Sicily Township

With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Sicily Township works elsewhere

0% of workers work from home (Nebraska 11%). Sicily Township has 12 jobs for 86 working residents. Only 1% work in Sicily Township itself; outside it, Lincoln draws the most (29%, 47 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who leaves Sicily Township for work, and who comes in

On a workday 85 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.

85live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
11work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night190
Workday110
190live here− 85head out to work+ 11come in to work= 110on a workday

About 110 people are in Sicily Township on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.14jobs 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 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

The places Sicily Township commutes to

Marysville: 8 residents work here (9%)ManhattanBarnestonLeigh: 1 residents work here (1%)Adams: 1 residents work here (1%)Blue Springs: 1 residents work here (1%)WymoreFairbury: 2 residents work here (2%)Beatrice: 14 residents work here (16%)Hastings: 2 residents work here (2%)Lincoln: 25 residents work here (29%)Omaha: 3 residents work here (3%)St. George TownshipRiverside TownshipBlakely TownshipPaddock TownshipGlenwood TownshipElm TownshipIsland Grove TownshipSicily TownshipBlue Springs-Wymore Township: 4 residents work here (5%)LincolnBeatriceMarysvilleBlue Springs-Wymore TownshipOmahaFairburySicily Township
1
Lincoln47.3 mi away
29%25
2
Beatrice10.1 mi away
16%14
3
Marysville, KS20.3 mi away
9%8
5
Omaha86.2 mi away
3%3
6
Fairbury23.3 mi away
2%2
7
Hastings92.9 mi away
2%2
8
Leigh112 mi away
1%1
9
Adams25.9 mi away
1%1
10
Blue Springs4 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
29%25
The top trips

Where Sicily 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

In Sicily Township, 50% of jobs are in factories, building or farming

Jobs based in Sicily TownshipJobs Sicily Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms50%33%
Trade, transport & utilities50%16%
Services: health, schools, offices0%51%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less17%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%36%
Over $3,333 a month50%50%

Who does it

29 or younger50%24%
30 to 5442%44%
55 and older8%31%
+500%

Jobs based in Sicily Township, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 12. 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 Sicily Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Sicily Township’s commute takes about 30 minutes

A year of commuting
227 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Sicily Township30 min
Nebraska19 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Sicily Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 102 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.

How far

Near or far: the trip to work from Sicily Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLincoln: 29% · 47.3 miBeatrice: 16% · 10.1 miMarysville: 9% · 20.3 miBlue Springs-Wymore Township: 5% · 5.2 miOmaha: 3% · 86.2 miFairbury: 2% · 23.3 miHastings: 2% · 92.9 miLeigh: 1% · 112 miAdams: 1% · 25.9 miBlue Springs: 1% · 4 miLincoln 29%Beatrice 16%Marysville 9%Blue Springs-Wymore Township 5%Omaha 3%Sicily Township
Sicily TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
21%Under 10 mi18 residents
24%10–24 mi21 residents
35%25–50 mi30 residents
20%Over 50 mi17 residents

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.

Next door

Around Sicily Township: the bordering towns

The biggest share goes to Blue Springs-Wymore Township (5%).

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Riverside Township16 min
Paddock Township23 min
Blue Springs-Wymore Township23 min
Glenwood Township25 min
Elm Township29 min
Sicily Township30 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownSicily Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Sicily Township–——30 min$96,970
Paddock Townshipunder 2%——23 min—
Blue Springs-Wymore Township5%DC23 min$56,799
Elm Townshipunder 2%——29 min—
Riverside Townshipunder 2%——16 min—
Glenwood Townshipunder 2%——25 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Paddock Township, Elm Township, Riverside Township and Glenwood Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Sicily 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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Sicily Township: questions

What is the median household income in Sicily Township?

$96,970 (±$39,096) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Sicily Township?

2.8%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Sicily Township?

30 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Sicily Township work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lincoln (29%, 47 mi), Beatrice (16%, 10 mi), Marysville (9%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Sicily Township

Sicily Township home →

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.