Daykin vs Steele City

A side-by-side comparison of Daykin and Steele City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Daykin has the higher population (172 vs 68 in Steele City). Daykin has the higher median household income ($86,875 vs $41,250 in Steele City). Daykin has the higher median home value ($101,000 vs $24,600 in Steele City).

Population, income & housing

	Daykin	Steele City
Population	172	68
Median age	37.5 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,875	$41,250
Median home value	$101,000	$24,600
Median gross rent	$1,000	$410
Housing units	77	50
Homeownership rate	94.2%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	3.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daykin	Steele City
Population	186 → 172 (-7.5%)	76 → 68 (-10.5%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $86,875 (+104.4%)	$38,438 → $41,250 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$59,500 → $101,000 (+69.7%)	$22,900 → $24,600 (+7.4%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,000 (+5.3%)	$325 → $410 (+26.2%)

Daykin

Population

186172

Median household income

$42,500$86,875

Median home value

$59,500$101,000

Median gross rent

$950$1,000

Steele City

Population

7668

Median household income

$38,438$41,250

Median home value

$22,900$24,600

Median gross rent

$325$410

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Daykin	Steele City
Under 5	4.7%	8.8%
5 to 17	26.7%	8.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.1%	23.5%
35 to 44	17.4%	7.4%
45 to 54	7.6%	0.0%
55 to 64	16.3%	16.2%
65 to 74	9.9%	17.6%
75 and over	4.7%	17.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daykin	Steele City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	80.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	19.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Daykin	Steele City
No high school diploma	0.9%	21.4%
High school graduate	26.4%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	47.3%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daykin	Steele City
Drove alone	90.3%	70.8%
Carpooled	6.5%	29.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daykin	Steele City
1-unit, detached	96.1%	98.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Daykin	Steele City
Poverty rate	3.5%	11.8%
Average household size	2.49	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1974	1938