Gibson House · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Most of Weeping Water commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Weeping Water grades B+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. 261 jobs are based in Weeping Water, against 524 working residents. Only 2% stay in Weeping Water for work; outside it, Lincoln is the main destination (43%, 28 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Weeping Water at work: what stands out
43% of Weeping Water works in Lincoln
225 working residents, 43%, have their main job in Lincoln, 28 miles away. That’s 22 times as many as work in Weeping Water itself. The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Weeping Water than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Weeping Water fell from 370 in 2013 to 261 in 2023, −29%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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 524 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Weeping Water
On income, poverty and job access, Weeping Water is better than 71% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (6.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 58% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (8.8%) is left out: Weeping Water’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, Weeping Water could be anywhere from B− to A.
The towns that employ Weeping Water’s residents
Where Weeping Water clocks in
43% of workers
15% 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 Weeping Water’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Weeping Water, 2013 → 2023: 370 → 261. 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 Weeping Water’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Weeping Water
On a workday 511 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 248 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in Weeping Water on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
About 23 minutes to work from Weeping Water
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Weeping Water workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 566 commuters (the 6% 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.
Where in the region Weeping Water works
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.
Weeping Water is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Weeping Water is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.5% across Nebraska, on an EPA index of 7.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 600 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). 2.2% of Weeping Water households have no vehicle (Nebraska 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Weeping Water’s commuters take a bus or train.
Weeping Water is 461st 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+ |
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| 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− |
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| 459 | Compromise Township IL | 1,285 | $96K | 4.4% | 2.9% | 3% | B+ |
| 460 | Madison Township OH | 1,083 | $89K | 4.2% | 0.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 461 | Weeping Water NE | 1,061 | $84K | 6.0% | 8.8% | 2% | B+ |
| 462 | Creel Township ND | 1,388 | $114K | 2.6% | 0.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 463 | Liberty WI | 1,253 | $88K | 4.4% | 1.5% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Weeping Water, the top three, the last and three more from Nebraska.
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 Weeping Water: questions
What is the median household income in Weeping Water?
$83,750 (±$23,531) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Weeping Water?
6.0%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Weeping Water?
23 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Weeping Water work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lincoln (43%, 28 mi), Omaha (15%, 28 mi), Eagle (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Weeping Water walkable?
Weeping Water is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Weeping Water without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Weeping Water, from the people who make the trip.
More of Weeping Water
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.