Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Terrytown trail those of 94% of U.S. towns
31.4% of residents live below the poverty line, against 10.6% across Nebraska. The two grades for Terrytown are D for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Hardly any work in Terrytown; the top destination outside it is Scottsbluff (42%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Terrytown: the gist
Much of Terrytown works one town over
66% of working residents work in a town that borders Terrytown: Scottsbluff (42%) and Gering (24%). Next door ↓
Most Terrytown residents work close to home
74% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. 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 449 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Terrytown’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Terrytown is better than 7% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Terrytown’s grade up (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (2.9%) is left out: Terrytown’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, Terrytown could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Short hops and long hauls from Terrytown
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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Terrytown
On a workday 448 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Terrytown on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.31 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 Terrytown goes to work
Where Terrytown clocks in
42% of workers
3% 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.
What the 137 jobs in Terrytown are
137 jobs are based in Terrytown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Terrytown, 2013 → 2023: 184 → 137. 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 Terrytown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Terrytown: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Terrytown workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 262 commuters (the 14% 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.
Most of Terrytown commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Terrytown is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.5% across Nebraska.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 303 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). 9.2% of Terrytown households have no vehicle (Nebraska 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Terrytown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Terrytown is 2,719th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 132 | Pohocco Township NE | 1,296 | $100K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 176 | Arlington NE | 1,329 | $94K | 3.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 189 | Fort Calhoun NE | 1,108 | $102K | 6.9% | 2.1% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,717 | Bear Creek AL | 1,054 | $50K | 16.4% | 8.2% | 5% | D |
| 2,718 | Mancelona MI | 1,399 | $52K | 16.8% | 7.3% | 8% | D |
| 2,719 | Terrytown NE | 1,040 | $44K | 31.4% | 2.9% | <1% | D |
| 2,720 | Elm City NC | 1,250 | $36K | 33.7% | 8.8% | 3% | D |
| 2,721 | Maple Valley Township MI | 1,161 | $61K | 20.5% | 2.8% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Terrytown, the top three, the last and three more from Nebraska.
Terrytown and its neighbors: 66% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Terrytown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrytown | – | D | B+ | 19 min | $43,618 |
| Gering | 24% | B | B | 15 min | $75,093 |
| Scottsbluff | 42% | C+ | B+ | 13 min | $56,359 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Scottsbluff. Darker towns draw more of Terrytown’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 Terrytown: questions
What is the median household income in Terrytown?
$43,618 (±$12,150) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Terrytown?
31.4%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Terrytown?
19 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Terrytown work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Scottsbluff (42%, 2 mi), Gering (24%, 2 mi), O'Neill (3%, 261 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Terrytown walkable?
Terrytown is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Terrytown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Terrytown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Terrytown
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.