Doniphan vs Wood River

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

Doniphan 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 910 in Doniphan). Doniphan has the higher median household income ($77,250 vs $76,591 in Wood River). Doniphan has the higher median home value ($203,400 vs $131,400 in Wood River).

Population, income & housing

	Doniphan	Wood River
Population	910	1,426
Median age	44.2 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,250	$76,591
Median home value	$203,400	$131,400
Median gross rent	$775	$820
Housing units	413	522
Homeownership rate	78.0%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Doniphan	Wood River
Population	958 → 910 (-5.0%)	1,420 → 1,426 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$73,083 → $77,250 (+5.7%)	$54,750 → $76,591 (+39.9%)
Median home value	$134,200 → $203,400 (+51.6%)	$102,800 → $131,400 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $775 (-1.9%)	$759 → $820 (+8.0%)

Doniphan

Population

958910

Median household income

$73,083$77,250

Median home value

$134,200$203,400

Median gross rent

$790$775

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)

	Doniphan	Wood River
Under 5	3.6%	8.6%
5 to 17	17.5%	20.9%
18 to 24	6.8%	5.4%
25 to 34	12.5%	12.5%
35 to 44	10.4%	15.6%
45 to 54	25.9%	9.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	9.7%
65 to 74	6.3%	9.7%
75 and over	3.7%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Doniphan	Wood River
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	73.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	26.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Doniphan	Wood River
No high school diploma	3.4%	12.2%
High school graduate	46.3%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Doniphan	Wood River
Drove alone	93.0%	86.6%
Carpooled	3.5%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	3.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Doniphan	Wood River
1-unit, detached	81.1%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	7.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Doniphan	Wood River
Poverty rate	7.6%	10.1%
Average household size	2.53	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	16	26
Median year structure built	1973	1969