Doniphan vs Grand Island

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

Doniphan 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 910 in Doniphan). Doniphan has the higher median household income ($77,250 vs $62,439 in Grand Island). Doniphan has the higher median home value ($203,400 vs $202,600 in Grand Island).

Population, income & housing

	Doniphan	Grand Island
Population	910	52,761
Median age	44.2 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,250	$62,439
Median home value	$203,400	$202,600
Median gross rent	$775	$913
Housing units	413	21,366
Homeownership rate	78.0%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Doniphan	Grand Island
Population	958 → 910 (-5.0%)	51,147 → 52,761 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$73,083 → $77,250 (+5.7%)	$54,965 → $62,439 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$134,200 → $203,400 (+51.6%)	$140,800 → $202,600 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $775 (-1.9%)	$767 → $913 (+19.0%)

Doniphan

Population

958910

Median household income

$73,083$77,250

Median home value

$134,200$203,400

Median gross rent

$790$775

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)

	Doniphan	Grand Island
Under 5	3.6%	8.0%
5 to 17	17.5%	20.4%
18 to 24	6.8%	8.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	13.4%
35 to 44	10.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	25.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	10.9%
65 to 74	6.3%	8.5%
75 and over	3.7%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Doniphan	Grand Island
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	57.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	35.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Doniphan	Grand Island
No high school diploma	3.4%	17.1%
High school graduate	46.3%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Doniphan	Grand Island
Drove alone	93.0%	81.4%
Carpooled	3.5%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	0.4%	3.5%
Other means	0.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Doniphan	Grand Island
1-unit, detached	81.1%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.0%
20 or more units	7.7%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Doniphan	Grand Island
Poverty rate	7.6%	12.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1973	1975