Township 5 has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B: better than 57% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability C: more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 68% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 28 minutes each way (Nebraska 19, U.S. 26). Only 1% work in Township 5; the top destination outside it is Omaha (35%, 28 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Township 5
Township 5 is a place people come home to
There are 120 jobs based in Township 5, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Township 5 has about 710 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Township 5 and Omaha trade workers both ways
Omaha is the top workplace for Township 5 residents (35%) and also where the most people who work in Township 5 come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Township 5 workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 19 across Nebraska. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (19 to 23 minutes). 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 638 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Township 5’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Township 5 is better than 57% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Township 5’s grade up ($90,469, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 46% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.9%) is left out: Township 5’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Township 5 could be anywhere from C to A.
Township 5 quiets down on a workday
On a workday 630 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere.
About 710 people are in Township 5 on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.
0.19 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.
35% of working residents work in Omaha
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Township 5 clocks in
35% of workers
12% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of Nebraska
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Township 5 workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 788 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Nebraska: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Township 5 makes things: 69% of its jobs are in goods
120 jobs are based in Township 5. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Township 5’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Township 5, 2013 → 2023: 149 → 120. 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.
Half of Township 5 commutes less than 25 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Most trips from Township 5 start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Township 5 is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.5% across Nebraska, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 829 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). 1.1% of Township 5 households have no vehicle (Nebraska 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Township 5’s commuters take a bus or train.
Township 5 is 1,364th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Township 5, the top three, the last and three more from Nebraska.
| # | 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+ |
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| 140 | Yutan NE | 1,451 | $103K | 0.7% | 8.8% | 2% | A |
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| 183 | Buccaneer Bay NE | 1,418 | $161K | 4.9% | 0.0% | <1% | A |
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| 243 | Pohocco Township NE | 1,296 | $100K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
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| 1,362 | Lake Nebagamon WI | 1,134 | $79K | 3.4% | 1.7% | 2% | B |
| 1,363 | Jackson Township IN | 1,180 | $61K | 4.8% | 0.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,364 | Township 5 NE | 1,228 | $90K | 10.2% | 1.9% | 1% | B |
| 1,365 | Lake Don Pedro CA | 1,308 | $85K | 0.0% | 6.4% | 2% | B |
| 1,366 | Archie MO | 1,305 | $69K | 5.1% | 1.0% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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.
14% of Township 5 works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Blair (12%). Darker towns draw more of Township 5’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Township 5 workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Township 5 | – | B | C | 28 min | $90,469 |
| Blair | 12% | A− | C | 19 min | $81,452 |
| Township 6 | 2% | A− | B− | 20 min | $95,492 |
| Summit Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Hooper Township | under 2% | B | C | 23 min | $76,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Summit Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Township 5: questions
What is the median household income in Township 5?
$90,469 (±$20,125) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Township 5?
10.2%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Township 5?
28 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Township 5 work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Omaha (35%, 28 mi), Blair (12%, 9 mi), Fremont (10%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Township 5 walkable?
Township 5 is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Township 5 without a car?
0% 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 Township 5, from the people who make the trip.
More of Township 5
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.