Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 221, settled in 1907.
Saints Philip and James Parochial School is on the National Register of Historic Places. Wynot has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Census counts: 258 in 1910, a peak of 416 in 1940, 216 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2010 and 2 maps from 1968 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wynot, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Wynot.
Below: Two of its 3 schools, each with why it was picked. Its public schools are run by the Wynot Public Schools. The 3 public schools in Wynot teach 178 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wynot Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 82 | B− |
| Wynot High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 56 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts
Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Wynot dropped by 52, to 18. The town’s average trip to work is 16 minutes, below both the Nebraska town median (17 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). The top destinations are Yankton (23%), Hartington (11%) and Laurel (5%).
| Wynot | Nebraska towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 16 minutes | 17 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $78,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In July, afternoons reach 85°; in January, nights fall to 11°, and about 35 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in nearly two thirds of U.S. communities. FEMA puts two fifths of Wynot’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 17% to hail. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Wynot once, in 2009.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical Wynot home is worth about $235,000, up 9% in a year, 16% below the Nebraska typical home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
In Wynot, 9.3% of adults worry about having enough food. 19% of adults binge drink in the town, against 19% in Nebraska’s towns and 16% across U.S. towns. The town does better than the Nebraska average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 3. Among adults in the town, 16% have been diagnosed with depression and 28% feel lonely.
| Wynot | Nebraska towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 31% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 30% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 14% | 17% |
| What stands out | Wynot | NE |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.7% | 12.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6.9% | 9.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.5% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Wynot
About 2 of every 100 Wynot residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Nebraska.
Where Wynot’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Village in Nebraska, United States
Wynot is a village in Cedar County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 217 at the 2020 census.
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Wynot has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.