There are 4.0 jobs in Winnebago for every working resident, and 833 people commute in
Winnebago has 956 jobs for 241 working residents. More than half work in Winnebago; the top destination outside it is Winnebago Township (6%, 1 miles). For 4% of workers, the job is at home, next to 11% for Nebraska as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Winnebago in brief
Winnebago has far more jobs than workers
Winnebago has 956 jobs, 4.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,600 people are in town, 79% more than the 910 who live here. Day and night ↓
Jobs in Winnebago have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Winnebago went from 411 in 2013 to 956 in 2023, +133%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Winnebago pay better than its residents’ jobs
62% of the jobs based in Winnebago pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 46% of the jobs Winnebago residents hold. 87% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Winnebago. The jobs ↓
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 241 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Winnebago nearly doubles on a workday
On a workday 118 residents head out to work and 123 work right here.
About 1,600 people are in Winnebago on a workday afternoon, 79% more than live here.
4.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Services make up most of the work in Winnebago
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winnebago, 2013 → 2023: 411 → 956. 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 Winnebago’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Winnebago’s workers come from
Where Winnebago clocks in
3% of workers
3% 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.
The trip to work from Winnebago: about 14 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winnebago workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 344 commuters (the 4% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Winnebago
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 Winnebago: questions
What is the median household income in Winnebago?
$41,447 (±$7,415) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winnebago?
22.4%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winnebago?
14 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winnebago work?
51% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winnebago Township (6%, 1 mi), Sioux City (3%, 18 mi), Macy (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Winnebago without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Winnebago, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winnebago
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.