Ansley vs Merna

A side-by-side comparison of Ansley and Merna: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ansley has the higher population (605 vs 380 in Merna). Merna has the higher median household income ($73,500 vs $70,694 in Ansley). Merna has the higher median home value ($107,500 vs $81,500 in Ansley).

Population, income & housing

	Ansley	Merna
Population	605	380
Median age	33.1 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,694	$73,500
Median home value	$81,500	$107,500
Median gross rent	$1,004	$1,083
Housing units	276	166
Homeownership rate	66.0%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ansley	Merna
Population	471 → 605 (+28.5%)	353 → 380 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $70,694 (+28.5%)	$45,417 → $73,500 (+61.8%)
Median home value	$62,000 → $81,500 (+31.5%)	$75,000 → $107,500 (+43.3%)
Median gross rent	$712 → $1,004 (+41.0%)	$821 → $1,083 (+31.9%)

Ansley

Population

471605

Median household income

$55,000$70,694

Median home value

$62,000$81,500

Median gross rent

$712$1,004

Merna

Population

353380

Median household income

$45,417$73,500

Median home value

$75,000$107,500

Median gross rent

$821$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ansley	Merna
Under 5	6.3%	9.2%
5 to 17	18.7%	22.4%
18 to 24	7.4%	4.2%
25 to 34	20.0%	15.8%
35 to 44	9.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	10.4%	13.2%
65 to 74	4.6%	5.5%
75 and over	11.4%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ansley	Merna
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	5.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ansley	Merna
No high school diploma	13.7%	5.3%
High school graduate	38.9%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ansley	Merna
Drove alone	90.5%	73.0%
Carpooled	4.9%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.1%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ansley	Merna
1-unit, detached	93.8%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Ansley	Merna
Poverty rate	8.6%	8.5%
Average household size	2.42	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	25	14
Median year structure built	1938	1958