Alda vs Doniphan

A side-by-side comparison of Alda and Doniphan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Doniphan has the higher population (910 vs 585 in Alda). Doniphan has the higher median household income ($77,250 vs $50,000 in Alda). Doniphan has the higher median home value ($203,400 vs $86,500 in Alda).

Population, income & housing

	Alda	Doniphan
Population	585	910
Median age	40.5 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$77,250
Median home value	$86,500	$203,400
Median gross rent	$1,075	$775
Housing units	234	413
Homeownership rate	84.9%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alda	Doniphan
Population	665 → 585 (-12.0%)	958 → 910 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$49,514 → $50,000 (+1.0%)	$73,083 → $77,250 (+5.7%)
Median home value	$79,700 → $86,500 (+8.5%)	$134,200 → $203,400 (+51.6%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,075 (+38.7%)	$790 → $775 (-1.9%)

Alda

Population

665585

Median household income

$49,514$50,000

Median home value

$79,700$86,500

Median gross rent

$775$1,075

Doniphan

Population

958910

Median household income

$73,083$77,250

Median home value

$134,200$203,400

Median gross rent

$790$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alda	Doniphan
Under 5	5.5%	3.6%
5 to 17	20.7%	17.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.4%	12.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	10.4%
45 to 54	9.6%	25.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.2%
65 to 74	12.3%	6.3%
75 and over	8.5%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alda	Doniphan
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	36.2%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alda	Doniphan
No high school diploma	30.4%	3.4%
High school graduate	34.4%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alda	Doniphan
Drove alone	80.5%	93.0%
Carpooled	14.9%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	0.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alda	Doniphan
1-unit, detached	54.7%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	45.3%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Alda	Doniphan
Poverty rate	29.7%	7.6%
Average household size	2.52	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1976	1973