Lake Waconda vs Nehawka

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

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

Nehawka has the higher population (167 vs 161 in Lake Waconda). Lake Waconda has the higher median household income ($140,221 vs $86,250 in Nehawka). Lake Waconda has the higher median home value ($339,200 vs $116,800 in Nehawka).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Waconda	Nehawka
Population	161	167
Median age	62.8 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$140,221	$86,250
Median home value	$339,200	$116,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,083
Housing units	302	70
Homeownership rate	100.0%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Waconda	Nehawka
Population	—	186 → 167 (-10.2%)
Median household income	—	$57,500 → $86,250 (+50.0%)
Median home value	—	$86,100 → $116,800 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,375 → $1,083 (-21.2%)

Lake Waconda

Nehawka

Population

186167

Median household income

$57,500$86,250

Median home value

$86,100$116,800

Median gross rent

$1,375$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Waconda	Nehawka
Under 5	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	27.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	8.1%	6.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	52.2%	12.0%
65 to 74	33.5%	8.4%
75 and over	0.0%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Waconda	Nehawka
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Waconda	Nehawka
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.7%
High school graduate	12.6%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	64.2%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Waconda	Nehawka
Drove alone	82.6%	84.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Waconda	Nehawka
1-unit, detached	100.0%	82.9%
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%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Lake Waconda	Nehawka
Poverty rate	0.0%	1.2%
Average household size	1.87	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	1970	1953