Beatrice vs Wymore

A side-by-side comparison of Beatrice and Wymore: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beatrice has the higher population (12,233 vs 1,287 in Wymore). Wymore has the higher median household income ($56,051 vs $54,583 in Beatrice). Beatrice has the higher median home value ($152,900 vs $57,600 in Wymore).

Population, income & housing

	Beatrice	Wymore
Population	12,233	1,287
Median age	43.1 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,583	$56,051
Median home value	$152,900	$57,600
Median gross rent	$753	$673
Housing units	6,105	696
Homeownership rate	63.7%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beatrice	Wymore
Population	12,300 → 12,233 (-0.5%)	1,531 → 1,287 (-15.9%)
Median household income	$44,991 → $54,583 (+21.3%)	$41,583 → $56,051 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $152,900 (+43.4%)	$48,400 → $57,600 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $753 (+19.7%)	$614 → $673 (+9.6%)

Beatrice

Population

12,30012,233

Median household income

$44,991$54,583

Median home value

$106,600$152,900

Median gross rent

$629$753

Wymore

Population

1,5311,287

Median household income

$41,583$56,051

Median home value

$48,400$57,600

Median gross rent

$614$673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beatrice	Wymore
Under 5	5.8%	2.6%
5 to 17	16.3%	15.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	14.2%
25 to 34	10.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	6.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	11.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	16.2%
75 and over	10.7%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beatrice	Wymore
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beatrice	Wymore
No high school diploma	8.5%	7.2%
High school graduate	37.3%	54.3%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beatrice	Wymore
Drove alone	86.1%	88.9%
Carpooled	6.6%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	1.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beatrice	Wymore
1-unit, detached	75.7%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.1%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Beatrice	Wymore
Poverty rate	19.9%	10.7%
Average household size	2.13	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	17	27
Median year structure built	1963	1945