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Jobs & commute in Winnetoon

Winnetoon has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each

Employers in Winnetoon report 4 jobs, and 28 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Winnetoon; the top destination outside it is Creighton (32%, 4 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Nebraska as a whole has 11%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Winnetoon by day and by night

On a workday 28 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.

28live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
4work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night53
Workday29
53live here− 28head out to work+ 4come in to work= 29on a workday

About 29 people are in Winnetoon on a workday afternoon, 45% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.14jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where people from Winnetoon work

Shenandoah: 1 residents work here (4%)WinnetoonVerdigre: 4 residents work here (14%)Creighton: 9 residents work here (32%)O'Neill: 1 residents work here (4%)NorfolkOmaha: 2 residents work here (7%)Springfield: 1 residents work here (4%)Lennox: 1 residents work here (4%)Pleasant View Township: 1 residents work here (4%)Creighton Township: 1 residents work here (4%)Dolphin Township: 1 residents work here (4%)Western TownshipCreightonVerdigreOmahaShenandoahO'NeillSpringfieldWinnetoon
1
Creighton4.3 mi away
32%9
2
Verdigre6.9 mi away
14%4
3
Omaha130.7 mi away
7%2
4
Shenandoah, IA180.5 mi away
4%1
5
O'Neill35.2 mi away
4%1
6
Springfield, SD24.3 mi away
4%1
7
Lennox, SD79 mi away
4%1
84%1
94%1
10
Dolphin Township23.3 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
21%6
The top trips

Where Winnetoon clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

What Winnetoon’s employers do

Jobs based in WinnetoonJobs Winnetoon residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%21%
Trade, transport & utilities50%18%
Services: health, schools, offices50%61%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less50%21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%25%
Over $3,333 a month25%54%

Who does it

29 or younger0%21%
30 to 5450%46%
55 and older50%32%

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 Winnetoon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Getting to work from Winnetoon takes about 29 minutes

A year of commuting
222 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Winnetoon29 min
Nebraska19 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Winnetoon workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Winnetoon gets to work
80%Drive alone
20%Carpool

Share of the 45 commuters (the 0% 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

Where in the region Winnetoon works

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miCreighton: 32% · 4.3 miVerdigre: 14% · 6.9 miOmaha: 7% · 130.7 miShenandoah: 4% · 180.5 miO'Neill: 4% · 35.2 miSpringfield: 4% · 24.3 miLennox: 4% · 79 miPleasant View Township: 4% · 44.1 miCreighton Township: 4% · 4 miDolphin Township: 4% · 23.3 miCreighton 32%Verdigre 14%Omaha 7%Shenandoah 4%O'Neill 4%Winnetoon
WinnetoonTop destinations (size = commuters)
52%Under 10 mi14 residents
15%10–24 mi4 residents
19%25–50 mi5 residents
15%Over 50 mi4 residents

About 15% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Winnetoon: questions

What is the median household income in Winnetoon?

$82,500 (±$62,048) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Winnetoon?

7.4%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Winnetoon?

29 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Winnetoon work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Creighton (32%, 4 mi), Verdigre (14%, 7 mi), Omaha (7%, 131 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Winnetoon without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Winnetoon, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Winnetoon

Winnetoon home →

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.