Plattsmouth vs Weeping Water

A side-by-side comparison of Plattsmouth and Weeping Water: population, income, housing, and more.

Plattsmouth and Weeping Water are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Plattsmouth has the higher population (6,680 vs 1,244 in Weeping Water). Weeping Water has the higher median household income ($67,083 vs $64,296 in Plattsmouth). Weeping Water has the higher median home value ($191,600 vs $171,900 in Plattsmouth).

Population, income & housing

	Plattsmouth	Weeping Water
Population	6,680	1,244
Median age	37.5 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,296	$67,083
Median home value	$171,900	$191,600
Median gross rent	$944	$871
Housing units	2,970	453
Homeownership rate	67.9%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plattsmouth	Weeping Water
Population	6,448 → 6,680 (+3.6%)	910 → 1,244 (+36.7%)
Median household income	$50,390 → $64,296 (+27.6%)	$57,337 → $67,083 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$114,400 → $171,900 (+50.3%)	$133,900 → $191,600 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $944 (+16.5%)	$615 → $871 (+41.6%)

Plattsmouth

Population

6,4486,680

Median household income

$50,390$64,296

Median home value

$114,400$171,900

Median gross rent

$810$944

Weeping Water

Population

9101,244

Median household income

$57,337$67,083

Median home value

$133,900$191,600

Median gross rent

$615$871

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plattsmouth	Weeping Water
Under 5	6.6%	10.5%
5 to 17	14.7%	22.7%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.5%	12.5%
35 to 44	15.0%	7.8%
45 to 54	12.1%	8.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	9.2%
75 and over	6.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plattsmouth	Weeping Water
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	2.9%
Two or more races	6.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plattsmouth	Weeping Water
No high school diploma	4.2%	6.5%
High school graduate	34.7%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plattsmouth	Weeping Water
Drove alone	81.6%	81.3%
Carpooled	10.9%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	4.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plattsmouth	Weeping Water
1-unit, detached	68.5%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Plattsmouth	Weeping Water
Poverty rate	5.9%	4.0%
Average household size	2.33	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1970	1959