Fontanelle Township Hall · Public domainWith 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Township 6 works elsewhere
143 jobs are based in Township 6; 827 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Township 6 is better than 80% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (B−). Only 1% work in Township 6 itself; outside it, Omaha draws the most (36%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Township 6: the gist
Township 6 is a place people come home to
There are 143 jobs based in Township 6, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Township 6 has about 900 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
36% of Township 6 works in Omaha
297 working residents, 36%, have their main job in Omaha, 23 miles away. That’s 36 times as many as work in Township 6 itself. The commute map ↓
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 827 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Township 6’s grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input (4.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 52% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Township 6’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, Township 6 could be anywhere from B to A.
In and out of Township 6 on a workday
On a workday 816 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 132 people come in from elsewhere.
About 900 people are in Township 6 on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
Commuting out of Township 6: the destinations
Where Township 6 clocks in
36% of workers
14% 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.
Township 6 makes things: 64% of its jobs are in goods
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Township 6’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Township 6, 2013 → 2023: 164 → 143. 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.
From Township 6, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Township 6 workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 550 commuters (the 18% 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 far Township 6’s workers travel
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.
Most trips from Township 6 start in a car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.5% across Nebraska, on an EPA index of 4.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 667 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). 0.0% of Township 6 households have no vehicle (Nebraska 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Township 6’s commuters take a bus or train.
Township 6 places 619th of 5,794 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Township 6, 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 187 | Yutan NE | 1,451 | $103K | 0.7% | 8.8% | 2% | A |
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| 261 | Buccaneer Bay NE | 1,418 | $161K | 4.9% | 0.0% | <1% | A |
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| 338 | Pohocco Township NE | 1,296 | $100K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
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| 617 | Cartwright Township IL | 1,490 | $101K | 2.5% | 3.4% | 4% | A− |
| 618 | Picacho Hills NM | 2,002 | $121K | 5.6% | 1.7% | 2% | A− |
| 619 | Township 6 NE | 1,587 | $95K | 4.2% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| 620 | Prairie City IA | 1,724 | $78K | 3.4% | 6.4% | 4% | A− |
| 621 | Sedgwick KS | 1,575 | $93K | 5.9% | 0.4% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | 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.
The towns next door employ 20% of Township 6
The biggest share goes to Blair (14%). Darker towns draw more of Township 6’s workers.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Township 6 workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Township 6 | – | A− | B− | 20 min | $95,492 |
| Blair | 14% | A− | C | 19 min | $81,452 |
| Township 5 | under 2% | B | C | 28 min | $90,469 |
| Nickerson Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Township 7 | 1% | A | D | 23 min | $92,955 |
| Township 2 | 5% | A+ | C− | 25 min | $115,529 |
| Elkhorn Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Hooper Township | under 2% | B | C | 23 min | $76,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Nickerson Township: not graded. Elkhorn Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Township 6: questions
What is the median household income in Township 6?
$95,492 (±$14,866) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Township 6?
4.2%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Township 6?
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 Township 6 work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Omaha (36%, 23 mi), Blair (14%, 9 mi), Fremont (10%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Township 6 walkable?
Township 6 is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Township 6 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 Township 6, from the people who make the trip.
More of Township 6
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.