Ralston vs Valley

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

Ralston and Valley 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 3,113 in Valley). Valley has the higher median household income ($106,750 vs $65,557 in Ralston). Valley has the higher median home value ($515,100 vs $215,800 in Ralston).

Population, income & housing

	Ralston	Valley
Population	6,445	3,113
Median age	36.8 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,557	$106,750
Median home value	$215,800	$515,100
Median gross rent	$1,178	$1,053
Housing units	3,078	1,603
Homeownership rate	58.3%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	50.1%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ralston	Valley
Population	7,321 → 6,445 (-12.0%)	2,773 → 3,113 (+12.3%)
Median household income	$62,816 → $65,557 (+4.4%)	$72,500 → $106,750 (+47.2%)
Median home value	$147,000 → $215,800 (+46.8%)	$248,200 → $515,100 (+107.5%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $1,178 (+28.5%)	$909 → $1,053 (+15.8%)

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

Valley

Population

2,7733,113

Median household income

$72,500$106,750

Median home value

$248,200$515,100

Median gross rent

$909$1,053

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ralston	Valley
Under 5	5.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	13.8%	12.7%
18 to 24	10.1%	5.6%
25 to 34	17.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.7%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	16.1%
65 to 74	11.9%	15.6%
75 and over	7.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ralston	Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	71.7%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	23.7%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ralston	Valley
No high school diploma	11.2%	2.4%
High school graduate	27.8%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ralston	Valley
Drove alone	81.7%	66.2%
Carpooled	10.2%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	23.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ralston	Valley
1-unit, detached	59.4%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	1.9%
20 or more units	18.4%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Ralston	Valley
Poverty rate	7.6%	4.7%
Average household size	2.20	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1974	1982