Palisade vs Trenton

A side-by-side comparison of Palisade and Trenton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Trenton has the higher population (468 vs 321 in Palisade). Palisade has the higher median household income ($57,159 vs $47,500 in Trenton). Trenton has the higher median home value ($67,600 vs $65,000 in Palisade).

Population, income & housing

	Palisade	Trenton
Population	321	468
Median age	41.3 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,159	$47,500
Median home value	$65,000	$67,600
Median gross rent	$738	$633
Housing units	167	294
Homeownership rate	90.9%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palisade	Trenton
Population	328 → 321 (-2.1%)	514 → 468 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$46,528 → $57,159 (+22.8%)	$41,071 → $47,500 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$45,200 → $65,000 (+43.8%)	$45,700 → $67,600 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$703 → $738 (+5.0%)	$400 → $633 (+58.3%)

Palisade

Population

328321

Median household income

$46,528$57,159

Median home value

$45,200$65,000

Median gross rent

$703$738

Trenton

Population

514468

Median household income

$41,071$47,500

Median home value

$45,700$67,600

Median gross rent

$400$633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palisade	Trenton
Under 5	3.7%	2.8%
5 to 17	16.5%	26.3%
18 to 24	12.8%	1.1%
25 to 34	7.2%	7.7%
35 to 44	15.6%	14.7%
45 to 54	14.3%	7.7%
55 to 64	10.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	11.2%	13.0%
75 and over	8.1%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palisade	Trenton
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palisade	Trenton
No high school diploma	7.9%	5.5%
High school graduate	37.7%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palisade	Trenton
Drove alone	73.0%	87.8%
Carpooled	12.7%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.5%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palisade	Trenton
1-unit, detached	95.2%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Palisade	Trenton
Poverty rate	6.2%	10.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1938	1954