Arnold vs Merna

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

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

Arnold has the higher population (887 vs 380 in Merna). Merna has the higher median household income ($73,500 vs $63,214 in Arnold). Arnold has the higher median home value ($118,200 vs $107,500 in Merna).

Population, income & housing

	Arnold	Merna
Population	887	380
Median age	31.5 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,214	$73,500
Median home value	$118,200	$107,500
Median gross rent	$850	$1,083
Housing units	340	166
Homeownership rate	70.9%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arnold	Merna
Population	802 → 887 (+10.6%)	353 → 380 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$55,982 → $63,214 (+12.9%)	$45,417 → $73,500 (+61.8%)
Median home value	$82,100 → $118,200 (+44.0%)	$75,000 → $107,500 (+43.3%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $850 (+47.8%)	$821 → $1,083 (+31.9%)

Arnold

Population

802887

Median household income

$55,982$63,214

Median home value

$82,100$118,200

Median gross rent

$575$850

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)

	Arnold	Merna
Under 5	17.4%	9.2%
5 to 17	14.4%	22.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	4.2%
25 to 34	12.6%	15.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	8.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	9.5%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	5.5%
75 and over	9.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arnold	Merna
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	88.9%
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	1.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	5.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arnold	Merna
No high school diploma	5.8%	5.3%
High school graduate	29.0%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arnold	Merna
Drove alone	60.2%	73.0%
Carpooled	30.4%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	5.1%
Worked from home	2.9%	4.6%
Other means	1.2%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arnold	Merna
1-unit, detached	93.5%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	2.4%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Arnold	Merna
Poverty rate	4.8%	8.5%
Average household size	2.76	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	27	14
Median year structure built	1960	1958