Boys Town vs Waterloo

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

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

Waterloo has the higher population (950 vs 763 in Boys Town). Waterloo has the higher median household income ($75,417 vs $72,000 in Boys Town). Since 2019, Waterloo's population has grown faster (-1.7% vs -11.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Boys Town	Waterloo
Population	763	950
Median age	19.3 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,000	$75,417
Median home value	—	$218,400
Median gross rent	$1,094	$1,125
Housing units	40	394
Homeownership rate	0.0%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	18.3%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boys Town	Waterloo
Population	864 → 763 (-11.7%)	966 → 950 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$56,875 → $72,000 (+26.6%)	$64,821 → $75,417 (+16.3%)
Median home value	—	$143,200 → $218,400 (+52.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,094 (-2.8%)	$880 → $1,125 (+27.8%)

Boys Town

Population

864763

Median household income

$56,875$72,000

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,094

Waterloo

Population

966950

Median household income

$64,821$75,417

Median home value

$143,200$218,400

Median gross rent

$880$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boys Town	Waterloo
Under 5	0.9%	2.6%
5 to 17	44.7%	20.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	3.1%
25 to 34	18.5%	13.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	16.2%
45 to 54	4.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	10.1%	16.4%
65 to 74	13.5%	13.1%
75 and over	0.0%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boys Town	Waterloo
White (non-Hispanic)	57.4%	90.6%
Black or African American	25.7%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	14.4%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boys Town	Waterloo
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.0%
High school graduate	17.6%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	58.8%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	1.4%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	22.1%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boys Town	Waterloo
Drove alone	5.0%	82.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	95.0%	12.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boys Town	Waterloo
1-unit, detached	27.5%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	10.0%	10.9%
2 to 4 units	37.5%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	25.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boys Town	Waterloo
Poverty rate	47.0%	6.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	1960	1986