Alda vs Wood River

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

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

Wood River has the higher population (1,426 vs 585 in Alda). Wood River has the higher median household income ($76,591 vs $50,000 in Alda). Wood River has the higher median home value ($131,400 vs $86,500 in Alda).

Population, income & housing

	Alda	Wood River
Population	585	1,426
Median age	40.5 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$76,591
Median home value	$86,500	$131,400
Median gross rent	$1,075	$820
Housing units	234	522
Homeownership rate	84.9%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alda	Wood River
Population	665 → 585 (-12.0%)	1,420 → 1,426 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$49,514 → $50,000 (+1.0%)	$54,750 → $76,591 (+39.9%)
Median home value	$79,700 → $86,500 (+8.5%)	$102,800 → $131,400 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,075 (+38.7%)	$759 → $820 (+8.0%)

Alda

Population

665585

Median household income

$49,514$50,000

Median home value

$79,700$86,500

Median gross rent

$775$1,075

Wood River

Population

1,4201,426

Median household income

$54,750$76,591

Median home value

$102,800$131,400

Median gross rent

$759$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alda	Wood River
Under 5	5.5%	8.6%
5 to 17	20.7%	20.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.4%	12.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	15.6%
45 to 54	9.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	9.7%
65 to 74	12.3%	9.7%
75 and over	8.5%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alda	Wood River
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	73.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	36.2%	26.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alda	Wood River
No high school diploma	30.4%	12.2%
High school graduate	34.4%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alda	Wood River
Drove alone	80.5%	86.6%
Carpooled	14.9%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alda	Wood River
1-unit, detached	54.7%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	45.3%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Alda	Wood River
Poverty rate	29.7%	10.1%
Average household size	2.52	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1976	1969