Summit Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Summit Township has 41 jobs, and 186 of its residents work somewhere. The trip to work takes 20 minutes on average, where Nebraska has 19 and the U.S. 26. For 31% of workers, the job is at home (Nebraska 11%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Summit Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 182 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Summit Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
27% of working residents work in Tekamah
Where Summit Township clocks in
27% of workers
19% of workers
11% 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.
Goods, not services: 61% of the jobs in Summit Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Summit Township, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 41. 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 Summit Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes to work from Summit Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Summit Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 156 commuters (the 31% 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.
Miles to work from Summit Township
About 18% 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.
The towns next door employ 27% of Summit Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Summit Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Township | – | — | — | 20 min | $103,571 |
| Tekamah | 27% | D | B | 25 min | $57,074 |
| Township 5 | under 2% | B | C | 28 min | $90,469 |
| Silver Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Silver Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Tekamah. Darker towns draw more of Summit 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 Summit Township: questions
What is the median household income in Summit Township?
$103,571 (±$33,626) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Summit Township?
0.0%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Summit Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 31% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Summit Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tekamah (27%, 4 mi), Omaha (19%, 36 mi), Blair (11%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Summit 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 Summit Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Summit 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.