Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainHousehold incomes in Tekamah are lower than in 78% of U.S. towns
About one in five work in Tekamah itself; outside it, Omaha draws the most (15%, 37 miles). The poverty rate is 18.6% (Nebraska 10.6%). Jobs and income earn Tekamah D; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Tekamah
Tekamah’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Tekamah is Omaha, 37 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (106) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Tekamah workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 25 minutes each way, against 19 across Nebraska. Over a year that’s about 192 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 716 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Tekamah’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Tekamah is better than 9% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Tekamah’s grade.
Unemployment (0.9%) is left out: Tekamah’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Tekamah could be anywhere from D− to C−.
How far Tekamah goes to work
About 17% 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.
How long Tekamah spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tekamah workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 685 commuters (the 8% 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 a workday changes Tekamah
On a workday 563 residents head out to work, 153 work right here, and 282 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Tekamah on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.61 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.
Out of Tekamah to work: where people go
Where Tekamah clocks in
15% of workers
12% 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.
Inside Tekamah’s 435 jobs
435 jobs are based in Tekamah.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tekamah, 2013 → 2023: 551 → 435. 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 Tekamah’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Tekamah commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tekamah is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.5% across Nebraska, on an EPA index of 6.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 742 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.1% of Tekamah households have no vehicle (Nebraska 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tekamah’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Tekamah is 4,891st among 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 187 | Yutan NE | 1,451 | $103K | 0.7% | 8.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 266 | Buccaneer Bay NE | 1,418 | $161K | 4.9% | 0.0% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 297 | Beaver Lake NE | 2,114 | $122K | 1.7% | 3.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,889 | Newell WV | 1,246 | $60K | 25.8% | 18.2% | 3% | D |
| 4,890 | Ironton MO | 1,408 | $47K | 14.5% | 3.6% | 16% | D |
| 4,891 | Tekamah NE | 1,705 | $57K | 18.6% | 0.9% | 21% | D |
| 4,892 | Boonville NY | 1,986 | $51K | 18.1% | 8.0% | 11% | D |
| 4,893 | Westfield WI | 1,317 | $59K | 24.1% | 2.5% | 11% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Tekamah, the top three, the last and three more from Nebraska.
Tekamah and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Summit Township (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tekamah workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tekamah | – | D | B | 25 min | $57,074 |
| Summit Township | 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Summit Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tekamah’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 Tekamah: questions
What is the median household income in Tekamah?
$57,074 (±$8,813) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tekamah?
18.6%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tekamah?
25 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tekamah work?
21% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Omaha (15%, 37 mi), Blair (12%, 17 mi), Township 2 (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tekamah walkable?
Tekamah is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tekamah without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tekamah, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tekamah
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.