Hooper vs North Bend

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

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

North Bend has the higher population (1,225 vs 1,078 in Hooper). North Bend has the higher median household income ($84,345 vs $75,800 in Hooper). Hooper has the higher median home value ($168,100 vs $162,700 in North Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Hooper	North Bend
Population	1,078	1,225
Median age	32.7 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,800	$84,345
Median home value	$168,100	$162,700
Median gross rent	$819	$1,224
Housing units	414	450
Homeownership rate	76.6%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hooper	North Bend
Population	775 → 1,078 (+39.1%)	1,340 → 1,225 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $75,800 (+34.8%)	$75,909 → $84,345 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$107,400 → $168,100 (+56.5%)	$107,400 → $162,700 (+51.5%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $819 (+21.5%)	$682 → $1,224 (+79.5%)

Hooper

Population

7751,078

Median household income

$56,250$75,800

Median home value

$107,400$168,100

Median gross rent

$674$819

North Bend

Population

1,3401,225

Median household income

$75,909$84,345

Median home value

$107,400$162,700

Median gross rent

$682$1,224

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hooper	North Bend
Under 5	11.3%	4.0%
5 to 17	28.7%	28.1%
18 to 24	3.2%	5.0%
25 to 34	12.0%	5.7%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	8.3%	17.1%
55 to 64	9.6%	12.7%
65 to 74	7.1%	10.8%
75 and over	8.1%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hooper	North Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	86.8%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
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%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hooper	North Bend
No high school diploma	2.5%	7.3%
High school graduate	36.3%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hooper	North Bend
Drove alone	88.7%	87.4%
Carpooled	5.1%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	1.6%
Other means	0.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hooper	North Bend
1-unit, detached	89.1%	94.2%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Hooper	North Bend
Poverty rate	7.2%	7.6%
Average household size	2.83	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1949	1957