F.J. Kirchman House · Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainHousehold incomes in Wahoo top those of 67% of U.S. towns
About one in three work in Wahoo itself; outside it, Omaha draws the most (18%, 30 miles). Below the poverty line: 14.2% of residents (Nebraska 10.6%). The two grades for Wahoo are B for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Wahoo, in brief
Where Wahoo’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wahoo is better than 57% of U.S. towns, #25 of 57 in Nebraska. Household income holds Wahoo’s grade up ($89,457, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wahoo could be anywhere from C− to A.
How far Wahoo’s workers travel
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.
The daily flow of workers through Wahoo
On a workday 1,434 residents head out to work, 634 work right here, and 1,493 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 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 Wahoo’s residents
Where Wahoo clocks in
18% of workers
18% 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.
What work there is in Wahoo: 2,127 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wahoo, 2013 → 2023: 1,958 → 2,127. 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 Wahoo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Wahoo
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wahoo workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,202 commuters (the 10% 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.
Wahoo is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wahoo is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns, #5 of 57 in Nebraska. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.5% across Nebraska, on an EPA index of 8.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,459 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). 8.0% of Wahoo households have no vehicle (Nebraska 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wahoo’s commuters take a bus or train.
Wahoo is 1,727th of 3,758 U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,800 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 85 | Waverly NE | 4,533 | $112K | 0.5% | 0.0% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 383 | Hickman NE | 3,663 | $104K | 2.6% | 1.7% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 434 | Township 1 NE | 4,517 | $126K | 5.9% | 2.9% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,725 | Carlisle OH | 5,885 | $71K | 10.1% | 4.3% | 3% | B |
| 1,726 | Franklin Township OH | 4,233 | $71K | 7.9% | 3.5% | 4% | B |
| 1,727 | Wahoo NE | 5,023 | $89K | 14.2% | 3.6% | 31% | B |
| 1,728 | Naples ME | 4,128 | $78K | 9.5% | 0.9% | 13% | B |
| 1,729 | Casco Township MI | 4,387 | $88K | 8.3% | 5.7% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,758 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Wahoo, the top three, the last and three more from Nebraska.
Work in the towns next to Wahoo
The biggest share goes to Stocking Township (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wahoo workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wahoo | – | B | A | 22 min | $89,457 |
| Center Township | 1% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Stocking Township | 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Center Township and Stocking Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wahoo’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Wahoo: questions
What is the median household income in Wahoo?
$89,457 (±$26,846) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wahoo?
14.2%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wahoo?
22 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wahoo work?
31% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Omaha (18%, 30 mi), Lincoln (18%, 28 mi), Fremont (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wahoo walkable?
Wahoo is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wahoo 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 Wahoo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wahoo
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.