Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainHouseholds in Wisner earn less than those in 71% of U.S. towns
About one in seven stay in Wisner for work; outside it, West Point is the main destination (16%, 15 miles). 10.3% of residents live below the poverty line, against 10.6% across Nebraska. The two grades for Wisner are C− for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Why Wisner gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Wisner is better than 22% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Wisner’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 15% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.7%) is left out: Wisner’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Wisner could be anywhere from D to B−.
The daily commute in and out of Wisner
On a workday 457 residents head out to work, 66 work right here, and 327 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Wisner on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 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.
Commuting out of Wisner: the destinations
Where Wisner clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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 393 jobs based in Wisner
393 jobs are based in Wisner.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wisner, 2013 → 2023: 435 → 393. 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 Wisner’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Wisner, about 17 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wisner workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 769 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.
Wisner’s commute, mile by mile
About 22% 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.
Getting around Wisner: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wisner is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Wisner near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 798 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). 1.1% of Wisner households have no vehicle (Nebraska 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wisner’s commuters take a bus or train.
Wisner places 3,207th of 4,866 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 140 | Yutan NE | 1,451 | $103K | 0.7% | 8.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 183 | Buccaneer Bay NE | 1,418 | $161K | 4.9% | 0.0% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 243 | Pohocco Township NE | 1,296 | $100K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,205 | Wells VT | 1,195 | $75K | 15.5% | 6.4% | 2% | C− |
| 3,206 | Keystone Heights FL | 1,579 | $80K | 18.2% | 4.4% | 3% | C− |
| 3,207 | Wisner NE | 1,224 | $62K | 10.3% | 0.7% | 13% | C− |
| 3,208 | Convoy OH | 1,006 | $61K | 17.2% | 4.0% | 2% | C− |
| 3,209 | Pierson Township IN | 1,229 | $72K | 31.0% | 2.1% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Wisner, the top three, the last and three more from Nebraska.
Next door to Wisner
The biggest share goes to Beemer Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wisner workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisner | – | C− | B | 17 min | $61,739 |
| Wisner Township | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Beemer Township | 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Blaine Township | 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wisner Township, Beemer Township and Blaine Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wisner’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 Wisner: questions
What is the median household income in Wisner?
$61,739 (±$9,471) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wisner?
10.3%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wisner?
17 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wisner work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Point (16%, 15 mi), Norfolk (9%, 26 mi), Omaha (8%, 67 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wisner walkable?
Wisner is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wisner without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wisner, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wisner
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.