Lake Bridenthal House · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Wymore has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Wymore D; getting around on foot earns it C. Employers in Wymore report 221 jobs, against 612 working residents. Home is the office for 2% of workers (Nebraska 11%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wymore and work: the main findings
Wymore and Beatrice trade workers both ways
Beatrice is the top workplace for Wymore residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Wymore come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Wymore workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 24 minutes each way, against 19 across Nebraska. Over a year that’s about 184 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Wymore workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 11% across Nebraska. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 612 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Wymore gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Wymore is better than 14% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Wymore’s grade up (11.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.7%) is left out: Wymore’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Wymore could be anywhere from D to C.
26% of working residents work in Beatrice
Where Wymore clocks in
14% of workers
9% 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.
Commuting from Wymore: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wymore workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 634 commuters (the 2% 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.
In and out of Wymore on a workday
On a workday 544 residents head out to work, 68 work right here, and 153 people come in from elsewhere.
About 950 people are in Wymore on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What Wymore’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wymore, 2013 → 2023: 226 → 221. 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 Wymore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Wymore goes to work
About 27% 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.
Few in Wymore walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wymore is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Wymore 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 644 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). 7.5% of Wymore households have no vehicle (Nebraska 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wymore’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800, Wymore ranks 4,116th of 5,400 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 157 | Yutan NE | 1,451 | $103K | 0.7% | 8.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 205 | Buccaneer Bay NE | 1,418 | $161K | 4.9% | 0.0% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 272 | Pohocco Township NE | 1,296 | $100K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,114 | Palestine IL | 1,210 | $63K | 15.0% | 3.2% | 4% | D |
| 4,115 | Woodbine IA | 1,705 | $51K | 12.6% | 4.0% | 17% | D |
| 4,116 | Wymore NE | 1,341 | $57K | 11.2% | 4.7% | 11% | D |
| 4,117 | Englewood TN | 1,610 | $51K | 21.2% | 6.9% | 1% | D |
| 4,118 | Burlington Township MI | 1,419 | $61K | 12.8% | 2.9% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Wymore, the top three, the last and three more from Nebraska.
Next door to Wymore
The biggest share goes to Blue Springs (1%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wymore workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wymore | – | D | C | 24 min | $57,090 |
| Blue Springs | 1% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Blue Springs: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wymore’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 Wymore: questions
What is the median household income in Wymore?
$57,090 (±$5,378) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wymore?
11.2%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wymore?
24 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wymore work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Beatrice (26%, 11 mi), Lincoln (14%, 48 mi), Omaha (9%, 85 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wymore walkable?
Wymore is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wymore 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 Wymore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wymore
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.