Lake Waconda vs Union

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

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

Union has the higher population (239 vs 161 in Lake Waconda). Lake Waconda has the higher median household income ($140,221 vs $57,500 in Union). Lake Waconda has the higher median home value ($339,200 vs $109,400 in Union).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Waconda	Union
Population	161	239
Median age	62.8 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$140,221	$57,500
Median home value	$339,200	$109,400
Median gross rent	—	$775
Housing units	302	119
Homeownership rate	100.0%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Waconda	Union
Population	—	142 → 239 (+68.3%)
Median household income	—	$59,722 → $57,500 (-3.7%)
Median home value	—	$92,500 → $109,400 (+18.3%)

Lake Waconda

Union

Population

142239

Median household income

$59,722$57,500

Median home value

$92,500$109,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Waconda	Union
Under 5	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	13.4%
18 to 24	6.2%	18.4%
25 to 34	8.1%	13.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	6.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	52.2%	10.5%
65 to 74	33.5%	16.3%
75 and over	0.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Waconda	Union
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	85.8%
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%	12.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Waconda	Union
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.5%
High school graduate	12.6%	57.0%
Some college or associate's	64.2%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Waconda	Union
Drove alone	82.6%	82.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Waconda	Union
1-unit, detached	100.0%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
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%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Lake Waconda	Union
Poverty rate	0.0%	20.1%
Average household size	1.87	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1970	1938