Hooper vs Nickerson

A side-by-side comparison of Hooper and Nickerson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hooper has the higher population (1,078 vs 572 in Nickerson). Nickerson has the higher median household income ($117,500 vs $75,800 in Hooper). Hooper has the higher median home value ($168,100 vs $74,800 in Nickerson).

Population, income & housing

	Hooper	Nickerson
Population	1,078	572
Median age	32.7 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,800	$117,500
Median home value	$168,100	$74,800
Median gross rent	$819	$960
Housing units	414	208
Homeownership rate	76.6%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	3.4%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hooper	Nickerson
Population	775 → 1,078 (+39.1%)	334 → 572 (+71.3%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $75,800 (+34.8%)	$45,694 → $117,500 (+157.1%)
Median home value	$107,400 → $168,100 (+56.5%)	$56,900 → $74,800 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $819 (+21.5%)	$988 → $960 (-2.8%)

Hooper

Population

7751,078

Median household income

$56,250$75,800

Median home value

$107,400$168,100

Median gross rent

$674$819

Nickerson

Population

334572

Median household income

$45,694$117,500

Median home value

$56,900$74,800

Median gross rent

$988$960

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hooper	Nickerson
Under 5	11.3%	12.1%
5 to 17	28.7%	8.9%
18 to 24	3.2%	27.3%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	5.1%
45 to 54	8.3%	6.5%
55 to 64	9.6%	26.0%
65 to 74	7.1%	1.9%
75 and over	8.1%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hooper	Nickerson
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	40.6%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	58.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hooper	Nickerson
No high school diploma	2.5%	58.4%
High school graduate	36.3%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hooper	Nickerson
Drove alone	88.7%	87.8%
Carpooled	5.1%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	1.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hooper	Nickerson
1-unit, detached	89.1%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	32.2%

Poverty & households

	Hooper	Nickerson
Poverty rate	7.2%	17.5%
Average household size	2.83	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	21	40
Median year structure built	1949	1998