Where St. Bernard Township earns its living
18% of workers work from home, where Nebraska as a whole has 11%. About one in ten stay in St. Bernard Township for work; outside it, Columbus is the main destination (19%, 23 miles). The trip to work takes 20 minutes on average, where Nebraska has 19 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set St. Bernard Township apart
St. Bernard Township makes and builds things
86% of the jobs based in St. Bernard Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs St. Bernard Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 32%. The jobs ↓
St. Bernard Township is the work center of its corner
Every town that borders St. Bernard Township (Granville Township, Joliet Township and Walker Township) has fewer jobs than working residents, while St. Bernard Township has 1.7 per resident. Next door ↓
St. Bernard Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside St. Bernard Township is Columbus, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 19% of working residents (44) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 228 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Goods jobs make up 86% of work in St. Bernard Township
391 jobs are based in St. Bernard Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Bernard Township, 2013 → 2023: 613 → 391. 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 St. Bernard Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from St. Bernard Township
About 28% 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.
St. Bernard Township fills up on a workday
On a workday 204 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 367 people come in from elsewhere.
About 710 people are in St. Bernard Township on a workday afternoon, 30% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The daily trip into St. Bernard Township
Where St. Bernard Township clocks in
19% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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.
The trip to work from St. Bernard Township: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Bernard Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 255 commuters (the 19% 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.
Next door to St. Bernard Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Bernard Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Bernard Township | – | — | — | 20 min | $93,036 |
| Granville Township | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Joliet Township | under 3% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Walker Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Granville Township, Joliet Township and Walker Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of St. Bernard 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 St. Bernard Township: questions
What is the median household income in St. Bernard Township?
$93,036 (±$20,025) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Bernard Township?
4.4%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Bernard Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Bernard Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (19%, 23 mi), Lindsay (10%, 2 mi), Omaha (9%, 88 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around St. Bernard Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Bernard Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Bernard 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.