Loretto vs Petersburg

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

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

Petersburg has the higher population (423 vs 119 in Loretto). Since 2019, Loretto's population has grown faster (+9.2% vs +3.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Loretto	Petersburg
Population	119	423
Median age	34.1 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$73,750
Median home value	—	$134,100
Median gross rent	—	$863
Housing units	45	200
Homeownership rate	53.3%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Loretto	Petersburg
Population	109 → 119 (+9.2%)	408 → 423 (+3.7%)
Median household income	—	$44,464 → $73,750 (+65.9%)
Median home value	—	$65,000 → $134,100 (+106.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$608 → $863 (+41.9%)

Loretto

Population

109119

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)

	Loretto	Petersburg
Under 5	28.6%	7.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	24.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.0%
25 to 34	37.8%	8.5%
35 to 44	33.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	15.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	11.3%
75 and over	0.0%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Loretto	Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Loretto	Petersburg
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.3%
High school graduate	24.7%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	47.1%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Loretto	Petersburg
Drove alone	100.0%	77.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Loretto	Petersburg
1-unit, detached	100.0%	97.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Loretto	Petersburg
Poverty rate	0.0%	13.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	—	1963