Diller vs Fairbury

A side-by-side comparison of Diller and Fairbury: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairbury has the higher population (3,905 vs 183 in Diller). Diller has the higher median household income ($75,750 vs $51,782 in Fairbury). Fairbury has the higher median home value ($90,800 vs $75,400 in Diller).

Population, income & housing

	Diller	Fairbury
Population	183	3,905
Median age	52.4 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$75,750	$51,782
Median home value	$75,400	$90,800
Median gross rent	$99	$666
Housing units	107	2,050
Homeownership rate	74.3%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Diller	Fairbury
Population	281 → 183 (-34.9%)	3,686 → 3,905 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$51,000 → $75,750 (+48.5%)	$38,160 → $51,782 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$68,600 → $75,400 (+9.9%)	$61,100 → $90,800 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $99 (-85.3%)	$704 → $666 (-5.4%)

Diller

Population

281183

Median household income

$51,000$75,750

Median home value

$68,600$75,400

Median gross rent

$675$99

Fairbury

Population

3,6863,905

Median household income

$38,160$51,782

Median home value

$61,100$90,800

Median gross rent

$704$666

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Diller	Fairbury
Under 5	2.2%	6.7%
5 to 17	14.2%	14.5%
18 to 24	4.4%	9.7%
25 to 34	9.8%	11.8%
35 to 44	8.7%	9.5%
45 to 54	24.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	16.9%	12.9%
65 to 74	12.0%	13.0%
75 and over	7.1%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Diller	Fairbury
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Diller	Fairbury
No high school diploma	2.1%	9.6%
High school graduate	46.2%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Diller	Fairbury
Drove alone	85.8%	69.9%
Carpooled	5.3%	21.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Diller	Fairbury
1-unit, detached	92.5%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Diller	Fairbury
Poverty rate	15.8%	15.1%
Average household size	1.81	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	13	16
Median year structure built	1966	1938