Benkelman vs Haigler

A side-by-side comparison of Benkelman and Haigler: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Benkelman has the higher population (946 vs 162 in Haigler). Haigler has the higher median household income ($46,667 vs $42,500 in Benkelman). Benkelman has the higher median home value ($84,800 vs $72,500 in Haigler).

Population, income & housing

	Benkelman	Haigler
Population	946	162
Median age	46.0 yrs	28.3 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$46,667
Median home value	$84,800	$72,500
Median gross rent	$580	$817
Housing units	509	88
Homeownership rate	75.0%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benkelman	Haigler
Population	978 → 946 (-3.3%)	182 → 162 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$41,667 → $42,500 (+2.0%)	$30,000 → $46,667 (+55.6%)
Median home value	$64,600 → $84,800 (+31.3%)	$46,300 → $72,500 (+56.6%)
Median gross rent	$463 → $580 (+25.3%)	$671 → $817 (+21.8%)

Benkelman

Population

978946

Median household income

$41,667$42,500

Median home value

$64,600$84,800

Median gross rent

$463$580

Haigler

Population

182162

Median household income

$30,000$46,667

Median home value

$46,300$72,500

Median gross rent

$671$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benkelman	Haigler
Under 5	7.1%	10.5%
5 to 17	14.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	9.8%	17.3%
25 to 34	9.5%	8.0%
35 to 44	8.2%	1.9%
45 to 54	9.2%	8.6%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.4%
65 to 74	15.1%	11.1%
75 and over	11.9%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benkelman	Haigler
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	74.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	23.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benkelman	Haigler
No high school diploma	4.0%	25.8%
High school graduate	29.6%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benkelman	Haigler
Drove alone	75.0%	75.4%
Carpooled	6.9%	18.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benkelman	Haigler
1-unit, detached	79.0%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	20.5%

Poverty & households

	Benkelman	Haigler
Poverty rate	17.2%	22.2%
Average household size	2.17	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	8	22
Median year structure built	1950	1944