Lake Waconda vs Manley

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Waconda and Manley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Manley has the higher population (205 vs 161 in Lake Waconda). Lake Waconda has the higher median household income ($140,221 vs $70,000 in Manley). Lake Waconda has the higher median home value ($339,200 vs $203,600 in Manley).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Waconda	Manley
Population	161	205
Median age	62.8 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$140,221	$70,000
Median home value	$339,200	$203,600
Median gross rent	—	$950
Housing units	302	104
Homeownership rate	100.0%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Waconda	Manley
Population	—	163 → 205 (+25.8%)
Median household income	—	$62,083 → $70,000 (+12.8%)
Median home value	—	$128,300 → $203,600 (+58.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$694 → $950 (+36.9%)

Lake Waconda

Manley

Population

163205

Median household income

$62,083$70,000

Median home value

$128,300$203,600

Median gross rent

$694$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Waconda	Manley
Under 5	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	6.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	4.4%
25 to 34	8.1%	17.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	3.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	25.9%
55 to 64	52.2%	15.1%
65 to 74	33.5%	7.8%
75 and over	0.0%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Waconda	Manley
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Waconda	Manley
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.0%
High school graduate	12.6%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	64.2%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Waconda	Manley
Drove alone	82.6%	85.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Waconda	Manley
1-unit, detached	100.0%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Lake Waconda	Manley
Poverty rate	0.0%	12.7%
Average household size	1.87	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1970	1975