Lisco State Aid Bridge · Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainWork, pay and getting to work in Lisco
Lisco has 26 jobs, against 22 working residents. For 0% of workers, the job is at home (Nebraska 11%). Hardly any stay in Lisco for work; outside it, Oshkosh is the main destination (14%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Lisco for work, and who comes in
On a workday 22 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 22 people are in Lisco on a workday afternoon, 22% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).
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 towns that employ Lisco’s residents
Where Lisco clocks in
5% 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.
A place that makes things: 96% of Lisco’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lisco, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 26. 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 Lisco’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Lisco
of Lisco workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6 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 Lisco goes to work
About 50% 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 Lisco: questions
What is the poverty rate in Lisco?
0.0%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Lisco work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oshkosh (14%, 16 mi), Alliance (9%, 44 mi), Julesburg (5%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lisco without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lisco, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lisco
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.