Allen vs Wakefield

A side-by-side comparison of Allen and Wakefield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wakefield has the higher population (1,288 vs 447 in Allen). Wakefield has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $53,125 in Allen). Allen has the higher median home value ($111,600 vs $110,300 in Wakefield).

Population, income & housing

	Allen	Wakefield
Population	447	1,288
Median age	36.6 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,125	$57,500
Median home value	$111,600	$110,300
Median gross rent	$638	$808
Housing units	196	455
Homeownership rate	72.1%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allen	Wakefield
Population	356 → 447 (+25.6%)	1,545 → 1,288 (-16.6%)
Median household income	$50,625 → $53,125 (+4.9%)	$67,371 → $57,500 (-14.7%)
Median home value	$83,900 → $111,600 (+33.0%)	$94,400 → $110,300 (+16.8%)
Median gross rent	$513 → $638 (+24.4%)	$733 → $808 (+10.2%)

Allen

Population

356447

Median household income

$50,625$53,125

Median home value

$83,900$111,600

Median gross rent

$513$638

Wakefield

Population

1,5451,288

Median household income

$67,371$57,500

Median home value

$94,400$110,300

Median gross rent

$733$808

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allen	Wakefield
Under 5	3.4%	8.7%
5 to 17	17.2%	26.3%
18 to 24	16.8%	5.8%
25 to 34	10.3%	6.9%
35 to 44	7.8%	17.5%
45 to 54	6.9%	10.4%
55 to 64	16.8%	9.6%
65 to 74	11.9%	5.6%
75 and over	8.9%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allen	Wakefield
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	42.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	56.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allen	Wakefield
No high school diploma	16.8%	40.2%
High school graduate	31.8%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allen	Wakefield
Drove alone	67.4%	63.0%
Carpooled	18.6%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	15.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allen	Wakefield
1-unit, detached	87.2%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Allen	Wakefield
Poverty rate	16.9%	5.0%
Average household size	2.35	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	27	17
Median year structure built	1959	1957