Obert vs St. Helena

A side-by-side comparison of Obert and St. Helena: population, income, housing, and more.

Obert and St. Helena are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

St. Helena has the higher population (119 vs 17 in Obert). St. Helena has the higher median household income ($83,125 vs $55,313 in Obert). Since 2019, St. Helena's population has grown faster (+52.6% vs -5.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Obert	St. Helena
Population	17	119
Median age	70.5 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,313	$83,125
Median home value	—	$133,900
Housing units	9	42
Homeownership rate	100.0%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Obert	St. Helena
Population	18 → 17 (-5.6%)	78 → 119 (+52.6%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $55,313 (+26.4%)	$41,250 → $83,125 (+101.5%)
Median home value	—	$82,500 → $133,900 (+62.3%)

Obert

Population

1817

Median household income

$43,750$55,313

St. Helena

Population

78119

Median household income

$41,250$83,125

Median home value

$82,500$133,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Obert	St. Helena
Under 5	0.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	14.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	25.2%
45 to 54	11.8%	4.2%
55 to 64	29.4%	8.4%
65 to 74	11.8%	9.2%
75 and over	47.1%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Obert	St. Helena
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Obert	St. Helena
No high school diploma	5.9%	9.9%
High school graduate	47.1%	53.1%
Some college or associate's	47.1%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Obert	St. Helena
Drove alone	100.0%	76.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	23.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Obert	St. Helena
1-unit, detached	88.9%	95.2%
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	11.1%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Obert	St. Helena
Poverty rate	5.9%	1.7%
Average household size	1.89	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1938	1963