With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Gibson works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Gibson; the top destination outside it is Manitowoc (21%, 13 miles). Employers in Gibson report 69 jobs, against 633 working residents. The two grades for Gibson are B+ for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Gibson
Gibson is a place people come home to
There are 69 jobs based in Gibson, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Gibson has about 770 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Gibson and Manitowoc trade workers both ways
Manitowoc is the top workplace for Gibson residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Gibson come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 633 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Gibson’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Gibson is better than 71% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (6.1%, U.S. 12.5%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($81,250, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.0%) is left out: Gibson’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, Gibson could be anywhere from B− to A.
Gibson quiets down on a workday
On a workday 632 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere.
About 770 people are in Gibson on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
Commuting out of Gibson: the destinations
Where Gibson clocks in
10% of workers
4% 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.
46% of the jobs in Gibson make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gibson, 2013 → 2023: 59 → 69. 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 Gibson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Gibson spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gibson workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 569 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 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.
Miles to work from Gibson
About 15% 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.
Gibson is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gibson is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 3.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 632 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). 3.7% of Gibson households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gibson’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Gibson is 896th of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | 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+ |
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| 25 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 894 | Edgecomb ME | 1,214 | $109K | 5.6% | 3.1% | 3% | B+ |
| 895 | Muncy Township PA | 1,185 | $86K | 5.9% | 3.9% | 10% | B+ |
| 896 | Gibson WI | 1,338 | $81K | 6.1% | 2.0% | <1% | B+ |
| 897 | Quail Creek TX | 1,715 | $90K | 5.4% | 10.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 898 | Oxford Township IL | 1,122 | $75K | 1.6% | 2.0% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Gibson, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Around Gibson: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gibson workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson | – | B+ | D | 23 min | $81,250 |
| Mishicot | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Cooperstown | under 2% | A− | C− | 23 min | $87,692 |
| Franklin | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mishicot and Franklin: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gibson’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 Gibson: questions
What is the median household income in Gibson?
$81,250 (±$10,866) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gibson?
6.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gibson?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gibson work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manitowoc (21%, 13 mi), Green Bay (10%, 22 mi), Two Rivers (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gibson walkable?
Gibson is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gibson without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gibson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gibson
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.