Gibbon Baptist Church · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Most of Gibbon commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
0% of workers have no commute at all; Nebraska has 11%. There are 405 jobs in Gibbon, and 814 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Gibbon B−; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Gibbon and work: the main findings
Gibbon and Kearney trade workers both ways
Kearney is the top workplace for Gibbon residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Gibbon come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Gibbon workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 11% across Nebraska. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 814 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Gibbon
On income, poverty and job access, Gibbon is better than 51% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Gibbon’s grade up (5.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.7%) is left out: Gibbon’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, Gibbon could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
33% of working residents work in Kearney
Where Gibbon clocks in
33% 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.
Each way, about 20 minutes from Gibbon
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gibbon workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 880 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.
A workday in Gibbon: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 764 residents head out to work, 50 work right here, and 355 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Gibbon on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
The kinds of work in Gibbon
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gibbon, 2013 → 2023: 403 → 405. 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 Gibbon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Gibbon
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 Gibbon commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gibbon is more walkable than 21% 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 880 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.7% of Gibbon households have no vehicle (Nebraska 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gibbon’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Gibbon is 2,244th of 5,921 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 200 | Yutan NE | 1,451 | $103K | 0.7% | 8.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 289 | Buccaneer Bay NE | 1,418 | $161K | 4.9% | 0.0% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 335 | Beaver Lake NE | 2,114 | $122K | 1.7% | 3.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,242 | Arcade GA | 2,035 | $68K | 9.7% | 2.3% | 1% | B− |
| 2,243 | Woodburn IN | 1,628 | $66K | 8.7% | 4.1% | 3% | B− |
| 2,244 | Gibbon NE | 1,913 | $70K | 5.3% | 5.7% | 6% | B− |
| 2,245 | Okawville Township IL | 1,931 | $85K | 7.4% | 5.8% | 16% | B− |
| 2,246 | Spring Township KS | 1,472 | $94K | 15.1% | 6.1% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Gibbon, 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 Gibbon: questions
What is the median household income in Gibbon?
$70,069 (±$8,612) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gibbon?
5.3%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gibbon?
20 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gibbon work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kearney (33%, 13 mi), Grand Island (9%, 28 mi), Hastings (4%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gibbon walkable?
Gibbon is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gibbon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gibbon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gibbon
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.