Imperial vs Wauneta

A side-by-side comparison of Imperial and Wauneta: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Imperial has the higher population (2,182 vs 515 in Wauneta). Imperial has the higher median household income ($71,667 vs $46,518 in Wauneta). Imperial has the higher median home value ($176,700 vs $86,300 in Wauneta).

Population, income & housing

	Imperial	Wauneta
Population	2,182	515
Median age	36.7 yrs	55.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,667	$46,518
Median home value	$176,700	$86,300
Median gross rent	$1,046	$642
Housing units	1,037	275
Homeownership rate	82.2%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Imperial	Wauneta
Population	2,008 → 2,182 (+8.7%)	733 → 515 (-29.7%)
Median household income	$59,145 → $71,667 (+21.2%)	$48,750 → $46,518 (-4.6%)
Median home value	$150,100 → $176,700 (+17.7%)	$70,000 → $86,300 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $1,046 (+45.1%)	$561 → $642 (+14.4%)

Imperial

Population

2,0082,182

Median household income

$59,145$71,667

Median home value

$150,100$176,700

Median gross rent

$721$1,046

Wauneta

Population

733515

Median household income

$48,750$46,518

Median home value

$70,000$86,300

Median gross rent

$561$642

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Imperial	Wauneta
Under 5	8.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	20.6%	10.9%
18 to 24	4.9%	4.9%
25 to 34	9.9%	9.3%
35 to 44	15.4%	9.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.7%	7.4%
65 to 74	7.7%	24.9%
75 and over	9.9%	18.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Imperial	Wauneta
White (non-Hispanic)	70.9%	93.6%
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	1.1%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	28.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Imperial	Wauneta
No high school diploma	16.2%	3.4%
High school graduate	26.6%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Imperial	Wauneta
Drove alone	77.6%	82.3%
Carpooled	4.1%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	6.4%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	6.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Imperial	Wauneta
1-unit, detached	80.7%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Imperial	Wauneta
Poverty rate	10.3%	9.1%
Average household size	2.72	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	12	15
Median year structure built	1974	1938