Bloomfield vs Wausa

A side-by-side comparison of Bloomfield and Wausa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bloomfield has the higher population (870 vs 587 in Wausa). Wausa has the higher median household income ($68,125 vs $58,500 in Bloomfield). Wausa has the higher median home value ($79,400 vs $78,500 in Bloomfield).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomfield	Wausa
Population	870	587
Median age	59.7 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,500	$68,125
Median home value	$78,500	$79,400
Median gross rent	$717	$820
Housing units	488	325
Homeownership rate	82.1%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomfield	Wausa
Population	885 → 870 (-1.7%)	562 → 587 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$40,598 → $58,500 (+44.1%)	$68,750 → $68,125 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$68,800 → $78,500 (+14.1%)	$67,900 → $79,400 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$577 → $717 (+24.3%)	$642 → $820 (+27.7%)

Bloomfield

Population

885870

Median household income

$40,598$58,500

Median home value

$68,800$78,500

Median gross rent

$577$717

Wausa

Population

562587

Median household income

$68,750$68,125

Median home value

$67,900$79,400

Median gross rent

$642$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomfield	Wausa
Under 5	1.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.6%	14.5%
18 to 24	1.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.1%	7.0%
35 to 44	8.2%	9.5%
45 to 54	7.8%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.4%	14.3%
65 to 74	17.5%	10.9%
75 and over	22.5%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomfield	Wausa
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	88.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.5%	2.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomfield	Wausa
No high school diploma	9.9%	8.2%
High school graduate	39.8%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomfield	Wausa
Drove alone	77.0%	86.4%
Carpooled	16.9%	0.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomfield	Wausa
1-unit, detached	83.6%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Bloomfield	Wausa
Poverty rate	14.2%	4.6%
Average household size	2.04	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1956	1938