Boys Town vs Ralston

A side-by-side comparison of Boys Town and Ralston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ralston has the higher population (6,445 vs 763 in Boys Town). Boys Town has the higher median household income ($72,000 vs $65,557 in Ralston).

Population, income & housing

	Boys Town	Ralston
Population	763	6,445
Median age	19.3 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$72,000	$65,557
Median home value	—	$215,800
Median gross rent	$1,094	$1,178
Housing units	40	3,078
Homeownership rate	0.0%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	18.3%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boys Town	Ralston
Population	864 → 763 (-11.7%)	7,321 → 6,445 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$56,875 → $72,000 (+26.6%)	$62,816 → $65,557 (+4.4%)
Median home value	—	$147,000 → $215,800 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,094 (-2.8%)	$917 → $1,178 (+28.5%)

Boys Town

Population

864763

Median household income

$56,875$72,000

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,094

Ralston

Population

7,3216,445

Median household income

$62,816$65,557

Median home value

$147,000$215,800

Median gross rent

$917$1,178

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boys Town	Ralston
Under 5	0.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	44.7%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	10.1%
25 to 34	18.5%	17.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	4.7%	9.7%
55 to 64	10.1%	12.9%
65 to 74	13.5%	11.9%
75 and over	0.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boys Town	Ralston
White (non-Hispanic)	57.4%	71.7%
Black or African American	25.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.4%	23.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boys Town	Ralston
No high school diploma	0.0%	11.2%
High school graduate	17.6%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	58.8%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.4%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	22.1%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boys Town	Ralston
Drove alone	5.0%	81.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	95.0%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boys Town	Ralston
1-unit, detached	27.5%	59.4%
1-unit, attached	10.0%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	37.5%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	25.0%	14.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	18.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boys Town	Ralston
Poverty rate	47.0%	7.6%
Average household size	2.42	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1960	1974