Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainWolbach has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
1% of workers have no commute at all, next to 11% for Nebraska as a whole. Wolbach has 28 jobs, against 92 working residents. Hardly any work in Wolbach itself; outside it, Scotia draws the most (12%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Wolbach: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 92 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Wolbach on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Out of Wolbach to work: where people go
Where Wolbach clocks in
12% of workers
9% of workers
9% 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.
Wolbach works in goods: 46% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wolbach, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 28. 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 Wolbach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Wolbach, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wolbach workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 127 commuters (the 1% 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 it is to work from Wolbach
About 23% 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 Wolbach: questions
What is the median household income in Wolbach?
$52,321 (±$14,835) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wolbach?
24.0%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wolbach?
27 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wolbach work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Scotia (12%, 17 mi), Spalding (9%, 20 mi), Greeley Center (9%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wolbach without a car?
0% 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 Wolbach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wolbach
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.