Neligh vs Orchard

A side-by-side comparison of Neligh and Orchard: population, income, housing, and more.

Neligh and Orchard are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Neligh has the higher population (1,636 vs 346 in Orchard). Neligh has the higher median household income ($60,000 vs $48,281 in Orchard). Neligh has the higher median home value ($145,100 vs $77,900 in Orchard).

Population, income & housing

	Neligh	Orchard
Population	1,636	346
Median age	38.9 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,000	$48,281
Median home value	$145,100	$77,900
Median gross rent	$856	$850
Housing units	769	186
Homeownership rate	73.8%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Neligh	Orchard
Population	1,622 → 1,636 (+0.9%)	524 → 346 (-34.0%)
Median household income	$48,676 → $60,000 (+23.3%)	$43,958 → $48,281 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$84,700 → $145,100 (+71.3%)	$53,000 → $77,900 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	$628 → $856 (+36.3%)	$650 → $850 (+30.8%)

Neligh

Population

1,6221,636

Median household income

$48,676$60,000

Median home value

$84,700$145,100

Median gross rent

$628$856

Orchard

Population

524346

Median household income

$43,958$48,281

Median home value

$53,000$77,900

Median gross rent

$650$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Neligh	Orchard
Under 5	7.9%	8.7%
5 to 17	20.1%	24.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	8.1%	9.0%
35 to 44	10.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.6%	5.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	10.1%
75 and over	11.5%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Neligh	Orchard
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.6%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Neligh	Orchard
No high school diploma	8.7%	4.8%
High school graduate	29.4%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	42.0%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Neligh	Orchard
Drove alone	90.4%	81.8%
Carpooled	4.7%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Neligh	Orchard
1-unit, detached	86.2%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Neligh	Orchard
Poverty rate	5.7%	26.9%
Average household size	2.33	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	12	17
Median year structure built	1963	1957