Lamar vs Wauneta

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

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

Wauneta has the higher population (515 vs 7 in Lamar). Since 2019, Wauneta's population has grown faster (-29.7% vs -58.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Lamar	Wauneta
Population	7	515
Median age	—	55.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$46,518
Median home value	—	$86,300
Median gross rent	—	$642
Housing units	4	275
Homeownership rate	100.0%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lamar	Wauneta
Population	17 → 7 (-58.8%)	733 → 515 (-29.7%)
Median household income	—	$48,750 → $46,518 (-4.6%)
Median home value	—	$70,000 → $86,300 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$561 → $642 (+14.4%)

Lamar

Population

177

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)

	Lamar	Wauneta
Under 5	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	10.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.7%
45 to 54	57.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	42.9%	7.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	24.9%
75 and over	0.0%	18.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lamar	Wauneta
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lamar	Wauneta
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.4%
High school graduate	42.9%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	57.1%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lamar	Wauneta
Drove alone	0.0%	82.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	100.0%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lamar	Wauneta
1-unit, detached	0.0%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	100.0%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Lamar	Wauneta
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.1%
Average household size	1.75	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	—	15
Median year structure built	—	1938