Village · Thurston County, Nebraska

Winnebago, Nebraska

Winnebago is a village in Thurston County, Nebraska. It has 1,058 residents. Winnebago, Nebraska has a quality-of-life score of 41 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #9,301 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Nebraska it ranks #119 of 119 cities and towns. It ranks best on suicide rate (low), students per teacher (low) and firearm deaths (low). It ranks worst on life expectancy (low), math scores (low) and restaurants and bars (low).

41Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #9,301 of 15,651 cities and towns
Nebraska: #119 of 119 in NE
Population: 1,058 (2020-2024)
Land area: 0 mi²
Density: 3,292.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 3153275

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety80#3,055/15,637
Economy9#14,197/15,631
Housing98#320/14,977
Health22#12,245/15,609
Healthcare46#8,451/15,650
Environment67#5,063/15,453
Education20#12,554/15,649
Infrastructure43#8,957/15,650
Community24#11,895/15,651
Leisure & amenities38#9,678/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Winnebago, Nebraska ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Thurston County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100Nebraska 15.8 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionThurston County value
Students per teacher · low9.3×
99/100Nebraska 13.8×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsThurston County value
Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Nebraska 10.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataThurston County value
Rent as share of income · low18.6%
99/100Nebraska 27.9%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Property crime rate · low299 /100k
97/100Nebraska 1,379 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureThurston County value
Average commute time · low13.7 min
97/100Nebraska 19.2 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013

Weaknesses

Life expectancy · low66.0 yrs
0/100Nebraska 78.4 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteThurston County value
Math scores · low1.33
0/100Nebraska 3.16United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteThurston County value
Restaurants and bars · low1.5 /10k
0/100Nebraska 9.6 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsThurston County value
Premature death · high21,350 /100k
1/100Nebraska 6,916 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteThurston County value
Flu vaccinations · low18.0%
1/100Nebraska 47.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteThurston County value
Reading scores · low2.36
1/100Nebraska 3.11United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteThurston County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
759 (2015-2019) → 1,058 (2020-2024)
+39%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
55.3% (2015-2019) → 89.7% (2020-2024)
+34 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
41.7% (2015-2019) → 16.5% (2020-2024)
−25 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Poverty rateImproving
43.3% (2015-2019) → 22.4% (2020-2024)
−21 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
48.1% (2015-2019) → 33.7% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Unemployment rateImproving
24.1% (2015-2019) → 12.5% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Winnebago, Nebraska improved on 6 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 7 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved6

Uninsured−25 points41.7% → 16.5%
Unemployment−12 points24.1% → 12.5%
Poverty−21 points43.3% → 22.4%
Broadband+34 points55.3% → 89.7%
Household income+58%$26,250 → $41,447

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Winnebago, Nebraska between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	14.7 min2015-2019	13.7 min2020-2024	−1.0 min	Within the margin of error	60%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%2015-2019	19.8%2020-2024	+9.9 points	Improved	90%
Broadband subscriptions	55.3%2015-2019	89.7%2020-2024	+34 points	Improved	99%
Child poverty rate	48.1%2015-2019	33.7%2020-2024	−14 points	Within the margin of error	88%
High school diploma or higher	81.3%2015-2019	88.2%2020-2024	+6.9 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Home price to income ratio	1.2×2015-2019	1.6×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	52%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4592015-2019	0.4032020-2024	−0.056	Within the margin of error	86%
Median household income	$26,2502015-2019	$41,4472020-2024	+58%	Improved	90%
Poverty rate	43.3%2015-2019	22.4%2020-2024	−21 points	Improved	99%
Rent as share of income	19.8%2015-2019	18.6%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Rent-burdened households	34.4%2015-2019	29.2%2020-2024	−5.2 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Unemployment rate	24.1%2015-2019	12.5%2020-2024	−12 points	Improved	99%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	41.7%2015-2019	16.5%2020-2024	−25 points	Improved	100%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Winnebago, Nebraska five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Winnebago, Nebraska in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Winnebago, Nebraska itself moved +13.6 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,058 residents (±198)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

272 households (±41)

Winnebago, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under $25k21%†58
$25k–50k38%†103
$50k–75k11%

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

272 households (±41)

Winnebago, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Own31%†85
Rent69%187

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

358 workers (±90)

Winnebago, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Drive alone83%296
Carpool7.8%†28
Public transit1.4%†5

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Thurston County, the county holding most of Winnebago's residents.

Thurston County has 125 employer establishments, 192 for every 10,000 residents (0.77× the US rate of 248; 0.68× Nebraska's), with 2,687 paid employees at an average annual pay of $74,072. The Census Bureau also counts 323 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 125; 323 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 192; US 248 · Nebraska 284
Paid employees: 2,687
Average annual pay: $74,072; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Thurston County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Truck transportation	11	16.9	3.35×More than typical	22	$45,091	19
Construction of buildings	7	10.8	1.42×Too few to compare	51	$72,490	10
Management, scientific and technical consulting	6	9.2	1.38×Too few to compare	370	$74,781	11
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	5	7.7	2.89×Too few to compare	110	$27,791	3
Gasoline stations	5	7.7	2.37×Too few to compare	69	$30,275	—
Ambulatory health care services	4	6.2	0.30×Too few to compare	29	$71,000	5
Individual and family services	4	6.2	2.20×Too few to compare	54	$44,185	—
Legal services	4	6.2	1.14×Too few to compare	11	$54,818	—
Lessors of real estate	4	6.2	0.50×Too few to compare	26	$46,808	44
Religious organizations	4	6.2	1.11×Too few to compare	10	$11,600	—
Banks and credit unions	3	4.6	1.43×Too few to compare	36	$51,694	—
Computer systems design and related services	3	4.6	1.07×Too few to compare	246	$105,980	—

Rank places for an industry Open Thurston County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 6,501 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Winnebago is mostly in Thurston County.

See federal money in Thurston County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Winnebago, Nebraska is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Adrian SmithR-NE-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 1.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Thurston County59100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Thurston County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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