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Jobs & commute in Wann

Most of Wann commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident

Employers in Wann report 6 jobs for 44 working residents. Hardly any work in Wann itself; outside it, Lincoln draws the most (23%, 28 miles). At home: 100% of workers have no commute at all (Nebraska 11%).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who commutes out of Wann, and who commutes in

On a workday 44 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.

44live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
6work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night18
Workday0
18live here− 44head out to work+ 6come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Wann on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.14jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

The towns that employ Wann’s residents

Duncombe: 1 residents work here (2%)Council Bluffs: 1 residents work here (2%)Ceresco: 1 residents work here (2%)Mead: 4 residents work here (9%)Yutan: 2 residents work here (5%)Waterloo: 1 residents work here (2%)Wahoo: 4 residents work here (9%)Fremont: 2 residents work here (5%)Lincoln: 10 residents work here (23%)Omaha: 8 residents work here (18%)South Cedar TownshipClear Creek TownshipWahoo TownshipWannLincolnOmahaMeadWahooYutanFremontWann
1
Lincoln28.1 mi away
23%10
2
Omaha18.2 mi away
18%8
3
Mead8.6 mi away
9%4
4
Wahoo14.2 mi away
9%4
5
Yutan7.2 mi away
5%2
6
Fremont21.6 mi away
5%2
7
Duncombe, IA152.6 mi away
2%1
8
Council Bluffs, IA27.3 mi away
2%1
9
Ceresco15.8 mi away
2%1
10
Waterloo10.7 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
23%10
The top trips

Where Wann clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Making and building: 50% of jobs based in Wann

Jobs based in WannJobs Wann residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms50%14%
Trade, transport & utilities0%34%
Services: health, schools, offices50%52%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less33%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%25%
Over $3,333 a month67%64%

Who does it

29 or younger50%25%
30 to 5417%43%
55 and older33%32%
−14%

Jobs based in Wann, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 6. 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 Wann’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Wann

Working from home
100%

of Wann workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.

About 10 in 10

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

How far

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Wann

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLincoln: 23% · 28.1 miOmaha: 18% · 18.2 miMead: 9% · 8.6 miWahoo: 9% · 14.2 miYutan: 5% · 7.2 miFremont: 5% · 21.6 miDuncombe: 2% · 152.6 miCouncil Bluffs: 2% · 27.3 miCeresco: 2% · 15.8 miWaterloo: 2% · 10.7 miLincoln 23%Omaha 18%Mead 9%Wahoo 9%Yutan 5%Wann
WannTop destinations (size = commuters)
18%Under 10 mi8 residents
45%10–24 mi20 residents
27%25–50 mi12 residents
9%Over 50 mi4 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Wann: questions

What is the poverty rate in Wann?

0.0%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Wann work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lincoln (23%, 28 mi), Omaha (18%, 18 mi), Mead (9%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Wann, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Wann

Wann home →

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.