Blue Springs vs Wymore

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

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

Wymore has the higher population (1,287 vs 232 in Blue Springs). Wymore has the higher median household income ($56,051 vs $34,375 in Blue Springs). Wymore has the higher median home value ($57,600 vs $43,900 in Blue Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Springs	Wymore
Population	232	1,287
Median age	56.7 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$34,375	$56,051
Median home value	$43,900	$57,600
Median gross rent	—	$673
Housing units	149	696
Homeownership rate	93.4%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Springs	Wymore
Population	274 → 232 (-15.3%)	1,531 → 1,287 (-15.9%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $34,375 (-23.6%)	$41,583 → $56,051 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$33,900 → $43,900 (+29.5%)	$48,400 → $57,600 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$614 → $673 (+9.6%)

Blue Springs

Population

274232

Median household income

$45,000$34,375

Median home value

$33,900$43,900

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)

	Blue Springs	Wymore
Under 5	3.9%	2.6%
5 to 17	10.8%	15.5%
18 to 24	5.2%	14.2%
25 to 34	10.8%	12.0%
35 to 44	4.7%	6.0%
45 to 54	7.8%	9.8%
55 to 64	29.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	12.9%	16.2%
75 and over	14.2%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Springs	Wymore
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Springs	Wymore
No high school diploma	9.1%	7.2%
High school graduate	61.3%	54.3%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Springs	Wymore
Drove alone	66.3%	88.9%
Carpooled	25.3%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	1.5%
Other means	2.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Springs	Wymore
1-unit, detached	88.6%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Blue Springs	Wymore
Poverty rate	30.2%	10.7%
Average household size	2.19	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1938	1945