Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Yutan commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Yutan report 156 jobs; 736 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Yutan A; getting around on foot earns it C−. Household incomes here are higher than in 79% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Yutan: the figures worth knowing
Yutan is a place people come home to
There are 156 jobs based in Yutan, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Yutan has about 870 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Yutan and Omaha trade workers both ways
Omaha is the top workplace for Yutan residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Yutan come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Yutan workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 19 across Nebraska. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 736 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Yutan’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Yutan is better than 95% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (0.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 71% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (8.8%) is left out: Yutan’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, Yutan could be anywhere from A to A+.
The daily flow of workers through Yutan
On a workday 723 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 143 people come in from elsewhere.
About 870 people are in Yutan on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
34% of working residents work in Omaha
Where Yutan clocks in
34% 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.
Yutan’s commute takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Yutan workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 792 commuters (the 12% 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.
What Yutan’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Yutan, 2013 → 2023: 167 → 156. 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 Yutan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Yutan, by distance
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 of Yutan commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Yutan is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.5% across Nebraska.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 905 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). 1.0% of Yutan households have no vehicle (Nebraska 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Yutan’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000, Yutan ranks 189th of 6,308 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 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 187 | Monument Hills CA | 1,551 | $218K | 3.6% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| 188 | Belleair Beach FL | 1,581 | $164K | 5.9% | 3.6% | 3% | A |
| 189 | Yutan NE | 1,451 | $103K | 0.7% | 8.8% | 2% | A |
| 190 | Middle Creek Township KS | 1,876 | $136K | 2.3% | 4.6% | 4% | A |
| 191 | Roslyn Estates NY | 1,333 | $250K | 9.8% | 1.2% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 257 | Buccaneer Bay NE | 1,418 | $161K | 4.9% | 0.0% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 334 | Pohocco Township NE | 1,296 | $100K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 429 | Bennington NE | 1,968 | $98K | 5.3% | 3.0% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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 Yutan, 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 Yutan: questions
What is the median household income in Yutan?
$103,350 (±$19,043) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Yutan?
0.7%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Yutan?
28 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Yutan work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Omaha (34%, 18 mi), Lincoln (14%, 33 mi), Wahoo (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Yutan walkable?
Yutan is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Yutan without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Yutan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Yutan
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.