Kilgore vs Valentine

A side-by-side comparison of Kilgore and Valentine: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Valentine has the higher population (2,632 vs 116 in Kilgore). Valentine has the higher median home value ($135,600 vs $60,000 in Kilgore). Since 2019, Kilgore's population has grown faster (+103.5% vs -4.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Kilgore	Valentine
Population	116	2,632
Median age	52.7 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$53,438
Median home value	$60,000	$135,600
Median gross rent	—	$872
Housing units	46	1,495
Homeownership rate	94.1%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kilgore	Valentine
Population	57 → 116 (+103.5%)	2,760 → 2,632 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$73,750 → $90,000 (+22.0%)	$52,974 → $53,438 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$9,999 → $60,000 (+500.1%)	$126,200 → $135,600 (+7.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$745 → $872 (+17.0%)

Kilgore

Population

57116

Median household income

$73,750$90,000

Median home value

$9,999$60,000

Valentine

Population

2,7602,632

Median household income

$52,974$53,438

Median home value

$126,200$135,600

Median gross rent

$745$872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kilgore	Valentine
Under 5	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	10.3%	18.3%
18 to 24	11.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	2.6%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.4%
45 to 54	40.5%	7.2%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.3%
65 to 74	6.9%	9.6%
75 and over	3.4%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kilgore	Valentine
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	79.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	23.3%	3.3%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kilgore	Valentine
No high school diploma	9.9%	1.6%
High school graduate	57.1%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kilgore	Valentine
Drove alone	88.7%	81.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	11.3%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kilgore	Valentine
1-unit, detached	76.1%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Kilgore	Valentine
Poverty rate	7.1%	7.2%
Average household size	3.41	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	17	10
Median year structure built	1962	1970