Nehawka vs Union

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

Nehawka 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 167 in Nehawka). Nehawka has the higher median household income ($86,250 vs $57,500 in Union). Nehawka has the higher median home value ($116,800 vs $109,400 in Union).

Population, income & housing

	Nehawka	Union
Population	167	239
Median age	37.6 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$86,250	$57,500
Median home value	$116,800	$109,400
Median gross rent	$1,083	$775
Housing units	70	119
Homeownership rate	90.8%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nehawka	Union
Population	186 → 167 (-10.2%)	142 → 239 (+68.3%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $86,250 (+50.0%)	$59,722 → $57,500 (-3.7%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $116,800 (+35.7%)	$92,500 → $109,400 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,375 → $1,083 (-21.2%)	—

Nehawka

Population

186167

Median household income

$57,500$86,250

Median home value

$86,100$116,800

Median gross rent

$1,375$1,083

Union

Population

142239

Median household income

$59,722$57,500

Median home value

$92,500$109,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nehawka	Union
Under 5	3.6%	2.1%
5 to 17	27.5%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.2%	18.4%
25 to 34	6.6%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.4%	6.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	10.5%
65 to 74	8.4%	16.3%
75 and over	12.6%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nehawka	Union
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	85.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	12.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nehawka	Union
No high school diploma	9.7%	9.5%
High school graduate	36.9%	57.0%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nehawka	Union
Drove alone	84.7%	82.9%
Carpooled	5.9%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	1.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nehawka	Union
1-unit, detached	82.9%	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	17.1%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Nehawka	Union
Poverty rate	1.2%	20.1%
Average household size	2.57	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1953	1938