City · Gage County, Nebraska

Wymore, Nebraska

Wymore is a city in Gage County, Nebraska, part of the Beatrice, NE metro area. It has 1,320 residents. Wymore, Nebraska has a quality-of-life score of 70 out of 100 (high), ranking #4,700 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Nebraska it ranks #92 of 119 cities and towns. It ranks best on preventable hospital stays (low), home price to income ratio (low) and time spent in the emergency room (low). It ranks worst on new business applications (low), broadband subscriptions (low) and adult obesity (high).

70High

Quality-of-life score: #4,700 of 15,651 cities and towns
Nebraska: #92 of 119 in NE
Population: 1,320 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 738.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 3153835

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 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.

Safety86#2,176/15,637
Economy29#11,119/15,631
Housing90#1,448/14,977
Health46#8,363/15,609
Healthcare74#4,036/15,650
Environment89#1,736/15,453
Education40#9,381/15,649
Infrastructure23#12,079/15,650
Community69#4,793/15,651
Leisure & amenities70#4,716/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Wymore, Nebraska ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Gage 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

Preventable hospital stays · low832 /100k
100/100Nebraska 2,494 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGage County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.1×
100/100Nebraska 3.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Time spent in the emergency room · low92 min
98/100Nebraska 114 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesGage County value
Loneliness · low31.5%
97/100Nebraska 29.8%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Violent crime rate · low54 /100k
96/100Nebraska 218 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationGage County value
Rent as share of income · low19.0%
95/100Nebraska 27.9%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Weaknesses

New business applications · low7.7 /1k
5/100Nebraska 11.3 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauGage County value
Broadband subscriptions · low77.8%
9/100Nebraska 90.6%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Adult obesity · high42.5%
11/100Nebraska 39.8%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Bachelor's degree or higher · low12.7%
12/100Nebraska 34.6%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
New homes permitted · low0.0 /1k
13/100Nebraska 5.3 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Average weekly wage · low$976
14/100Nebraska $1,213United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGage County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,531 (2015-2019) → 1,320 (2020-2024)
−14%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Median household incomeImproving
$41,583 (2015-2019) → $57,090 (2020-2024)
+37%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Child poverty rateWorsening
9.0% (2015-2019) → 14.2% (2020-2024)
+5.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
29.6% (2015-2019) → 25.4% (2020-2024)
−4.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
12.5% (2015-2019) → 9.0% (2020-2024)
−3.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
9.7% (2015-2019) → 12.7% (2020-2024)
+2.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

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, Wymore, Nebraska improved on 1 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 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.

Improved1

Household income+37%$41,583 → $57,090

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Wymore, Nebraska between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.7 min2015-2019	23.5 min2020-2024	−2.2 min	Within the margin of error	73%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%2015-2019	12.7%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Broadband subscriptions	79.7%2015-2019	77.8%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Effective property tax rate	1.72%2015-2019	1.24%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	90%
High school diploma or higher	88.7%2015-2019	90.2%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Home price to income ratio	1.2×2015-2019	1.1×2020-2024	−0.0×	Within the margin of error	81%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3952015-2019	0.4282020-2024	+0.033	Within the margin of error	25%
Median household income	$41,5832015-2019	$57,0902020-2024	+37%	Improved	69%
Poverty rate	9.6%2015-2019	11.2%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	19.3%2015-2019	19.0%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.5%2015-2019	9.0%2020-2024	−3.5 points	Within the margin of error	80%

“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 Wymore, Nebraska five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Wymore, 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, Wymore, Nebraska itself moved −3.1 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

1,320 residents (±172)

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

586 households (±72)

Wymore, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under $25k25%144
$25k–50k14%†84
$50k–75k25%†146

Homes

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

Owners and renters

586 households (±72)

Wymore, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Own79%462
Rent21%†124

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

644 workers (±99)

Wymore, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Drive alone84%541
Carpool8.5%†55
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Beatrice, NE

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 Gage County, the county holding most of Wymore's residents.

Gage County has 637 employer establishments, 294 for every 10,000 residents (1.19× the US rate of 248; 1.04× Nebraska's), with 6,835 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,895. The Census Bureau also counts 1,660 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 637; 1,660 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 294; US 248 · Nebraska 284
Paid employees: 6,835
Average annual pay: $44,895; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	61	28.2	1.82×More than typical	233	$49,429	143
Truck transportation	37	17.1	3.38×More than typical	111	$59,135	59
Ambulatory health care services	29	13.4	0.64×Fewer than typical	177	$44,870	41
Restaurants and other eating places	26	12	0.65×Fewer than typical	447	$16,971	11
Automotive repair and maintenance	21	9.7	1.93×More than typical	90	$40,178	33
Banks and credit unions	20	9.2	2.86×More than typical	106	$55,972	—
Building equipment contractors	20	9.2	1.54×More than typical	87	$43,851	17
Construction of buildings	20	9.2	1.22×About typical	81	$52,691	73
Religious organizations	20	9.2	1.67×More than typical	111	$17,685	—
Lessors of real estate	18	8.3	0.68×Fewer than typical	60	$78,417	197
Other specialty trade contractors	17	7.9	3.13×More than typical	47	$56,234	49
Insurance agencies and brokerages	16	7.4	1.68×More than typical	46	$39,283	40

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 21,644 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: Wymore is mostly in Gage County.

See federal money in Gage 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.

Wymore, 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.

Gage County92100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Beatrice, NE89

Other cities and towns in Gage 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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