Minden vs Wilcox

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

Minden and Wilcox 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 331 in Wilcox). Wilcox has the higher median household income ($75,357 vs $64,846 in Minden). Minden has the higher median home value ($188,100 vs $111,100 in Wilcox).

Population, income & housing

	Minden	Wilcox
Population	3,020	331
Median age	38.8 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,846	$75,357
Median home value	$188,100	$111,100
Median gross rent	$769	$766
Housing units	1,381	163
Homeownership rate	78.1%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Minden	Wilcox
Population	2,808 → 3,020 (+7.5%)	408 → 331 (-18.9%)
Median household income	$47,237 → $64,846 (+37.3%)	$58,750 → $75,357 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$138,700 → $188,100 (+35.6%)	$84,500 → $111,100 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $769 (+9.9%)	$717 → $766 (+6.8%)

Minden

Population

2,8083,020

Median household income

$47,237$64,846

Median home value

$138,700$188,100

Median gross rent

$700$769

Wilcox

Population

408331

Median household income

$58,750$75,357

Median home value

$84,500$111,100

Median gross rent

$717$766

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Minden	Wilcox
Under 5	5.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	22.1%	17.2%
18 to 24	8.6%	3.3%
25 to 34	9.5%	8.2%
35 to 44	8.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	9.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.8%	21.5%
65 to 74	9.9%	15.7%
75 and over	13.2%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Minden	Wilcox
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	94.6%
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%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Minden	Wilcox
No high school diploma	11.6%	4.5%
High school graduate	26.0%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Minden	Wilcox
Drove alone	84.6%	79.9%
Carpooled	8.4%	12.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	1.9%
Other means	0.6%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Minden	Wilcox
1-unit, detached	85.0%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Minden	Wilcox
Poverty rate	4.2%	8.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1964	1965