Picotte, Dr. Susan, Memorial Hospital · Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainHow Walthill works: jobs, income and commuting
3% of workers work from home, against 11% across Nebraska. Only 5% stay in Walthill for work; outside it, Macy is the main destination (33%, 7 miles). The average commute takes 22 minutes each way; Nebraska averages 19, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Walthill, in brief
Walthill and Macy trade workers both ways
Macy is the top workplace for Walthill residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Walthill come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Walthill’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 22 minutes, longer than the Nebraska average of 19. 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 227 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from Walthill work
Where Walthill clocks in
33% of workers
10% 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.
The trip to work from Walthill: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Walthill workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 286 commuters (the 3% 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.
Who works in Walthill, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 215 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 155 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.74 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.
Most jobs in Walthill are in services
167 jobs are based in Walthill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Walthill, 2013 → 2023: 230 → 167. 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 Walthill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Walthill’s workers travel
About 16% 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.
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 Walthill: questions
What is the median household income in Walthill?
$70,398 (±$6,886) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Walthill?
9.1%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Walthill?
22 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Walthill work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Macy (33%, 7 mi), Pender (10%, 12 mi), Blackbird Township (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Walthill without a car?
2% 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 Walthill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Walthill
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.