Albion vs Petersburg

A side-by-side comparison of Albion and Petersburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Albion has the higher population (1,733 vs 423 in Petersburg). Petersburg has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $70,761 in Albion). Albion has the higher median home value ($210,800 vs $134,100 in Petersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Albion	Petersburg
Population	1,733	423
Median age	39.0 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,761	$73,750
Median home value	$210,800	$134,100
Median gross rent	$731	$863
Housing units	821	200
Homeownership rate	73.2%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albion	Petersburg
Population	1,501 → 1,733 (+15.5%)	408 → 423 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$54,464 → $70,761 (+29.9%)	$44,464 → $73,750 (+65.9%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $210,800 (+74.5%)	$65,000 → $134,100 (+106.3%)
Median gross rent	$580 → $731 (+26.0%)	$608 → $863 (+41.9%)

Albion

Population

1,5011,733

Median household income

$54,464$70,761

Median home value

$120,800$210,800

Median gross rent

$580$731

Petersburg

Population

408423

Median household income

$44,464$73,750

Median home value

$65,000$134,100

Median gross rent

$608$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albion	Petersburg
Under 5	5.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	21.2%	24.1%
18 to 24	6.8%	4.0%
25 to 34	9.8%	8.5%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	10.0%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.3%
75 and over	13.8%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albion	Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	91.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albion	Petersburg
No high school diploma	3.8%	3.3%
High school graduate	33.6%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albion	Petersburg
Drove alone	74.5%	77.7%
Carpooled	13.6%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	3.4%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	10.2%
Other means	1.6%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albion	Petersburg
1-unit, detached	82.3%	97.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	1.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Albion	Petersburg
Poverty rate	6.9%	13.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1961	1963