Alda vs Grand Island

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

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

Grand Island has the higher population (52,761 vs 585 in Alda). Grand Island has the higher median household income ($62,439 vs $50,000 in Alda). Grand Island has the higher median home value ($202,600 vs $86,500 in Alda).

Population, income & housing

	Alda	Grand Island
Population	585	52,761
Median age	40.5 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$62,439
Median home value	$86,500	$202,600
Median gross rent	$1,075	$913
Housing units	234	21,366
Homeownership rate	84.9%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alda	Grand Island
Population	665 → 585 (-12.0%)	51,147 → 52,761 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$49,514 → $50,000 (+1.0%)	$54,965 → $62,439 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$79,700 → $86,500 (+8.5%)	$140,800 → $202,600 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,075 (+38.7%)	$767 → $913 (+19.0%)

Alda

Population

665585

Median household income

$49,514$50,000

Median home value

$79,700$86,500

Median gross rent

$775$1,075

Grand Island

Population

51,14752,761

Median household income

$54,965$62,439

Median home value

$140,800$202,600

Median gross rent

$767$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alda	Grand Island
Under 5	5.5%	8.0%
5 to 17	20.7%	20.4%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	10.4%	13.4%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	9.6%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	10.9%
65 to 74	12.3%	8.5%
75 and over	8.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alda	Grand Island
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	57.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	36.2%	35.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alda	Grand Island
No high school diploma	30.4%	17.1%
High school graduate	34.4%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alda	Grand Island
Drove alone	80.5%	81.4%
Carpooled	14.9%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.2%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alda	Grand Island
1-unit, detached	54.7%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	45.3%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Alda	Grand Island
Poverty rate	29.7%	12.5%
Average household size	2.52	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1976	1975