Minden vs Norman

A side-by-side comparison of Minden and Norman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Minden has the higher population (3,020 vs 41 in Norman). Minden has the higher median household income ($64,846 vs $57,500 in Norman). Minden has the higher median home value ($188,100 vs $84,000 in Norman).

Population, income & housing

	Minden	Norman
Population	3,020	41
Median age	38.8 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,846	$57,500
Median home value	$188,100	$84,000
Median gross rent	$769	—
Housing units	1,381	28
Homeownership rate	78.1%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Minden	Norman
Population	2,808 → 3,020 (+7.5%)	47 → 41 (-12.8%)
Median household income	$47,237 → $64,846 (+37.3%)	$51,667 → $57,500 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$138,700 → $188,100 (+35.6%)	$47,000 → $84,000 (+78.7%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $769 (+9.9%)	—

Minden

Population

2,8083,020

Median household income

$47,237$64,846

Median home value

$138,700$188,100

Median gross rent

$700$769

Norman

Population

4741

Median household income

$51,667$57,500

Median home value

$47,000$84,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Minden	Norman
Under 5	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	8.6%	29.3%
25 to 34	9.5%	19.5%
35 to 44	8.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	9.7%	24.4%
55 to 64	12.8%	19.5%
65 to 74	9.9%	0.0%
75 and over	13.2%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Minden	Norman
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	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	8.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Minden	Norman
No high school diploma	11.6%	10.3%
High school graduate	26.0%	17.2%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Minden	Norman
Drove alone	84.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	8.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Minden	Norman
1-unit, detached	85.0%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Minden	Norman
Poverty rate	4.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.35	1.46
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1964	1938