Lake Waconda vs Murdock

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

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

Murdock has the higher population (235 vs 161 in Lake Waconda). Lake Waconda has the higher median household income ($140,221 vs $76,250 in Murdock). Lake Waconda has the higher median home value ($339,200 vs $178,600 in Murdock).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Waconda	Murdock
Population	161	235
Median age	62.8 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$140,221	$76,250
Median home value	$339,200	$178,600
Median gross rent	—	$950
Housing units	302	106
Homeownership rate	100.0%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Waconda	Murdock
Population	—	185 → 235 (+27.0%)
Median household income	—	$50,000 → $76,250 (+52.5%)
Median home value	—	$129,200 → $178,600 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$731 → $950 (+30.0%)

Lake Waconda

Murdock

Population

185235

Median household income

$50,000$76,250

Median home value

$129,200$178,600

Median gross rent

$731$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Waconda	Murdock
Under 5	0.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	12.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	8.1%	9.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	8.5%
55 to 64	52.2%	8.5%
65 to 74	33.5%	16.6%
75 and over	0.0%	18.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Waconda	Murdock
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Waconda	Murdock
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.3%
High school graduate	12.6%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	64.2%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Waconda	Murdock
Drove alone	82.6%	82.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Waconda	Murdock
1-unit, detached	100.0%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Waconda	Murdock
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.7%
Average household size	1.87	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1970	1950