Center vs Niobrara

A side-by-side comparison of Center and Niobrara: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Niobrara has the higher population (365 vs 210 in Center). Center has the higher median household income ($55,625 vs $38,977 in Niobrara). Niobrara has the higher median home value ($91,300 vs $73,000 in Center).

Population, income & housing

	Center	Niobrara
Population	210	365
Median age	21.3 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,625	$38,977
Median home value	$73,000	$91,300
Median gross rent	$725	$582
Housing units	59	231
Homeownership rate	86.0%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	12.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center	Niobrara
Population	82 → 210 (+156.1%)	293 → 365 (+24.6%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $55,625 (+15.6%)	$41,250 → $38,977 (-5.5%)
Median home value	$51,300 → $73,000 (+42.3%)	$76,900 → $91,300 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $725 (+13.6%)	$621 → $582 (-6.3%)

Center

Population

82210

Median household income

$48,125$55,625

Median home value

$51,300$73,000

Median gross rent

$638$725

Niobrara

Population

293365

Median household income

$41,250$38,977

Median home value

$76,900$91,300

Median gross rent

$621$582

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Center	Niobrara
Under 5	11.9%	1.9%
5 to 17	20.0%	23.0%
18 to 24	26.2%	4.1%
25 to 34	15.2%	8.5%
35 to 44	10.5%	4.9%
45 to 54	4.8%	7.7%
55 to 64	5.2%	15.6%
65 to 74	5.7%	17.0%
75 and over	0.5%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center	Niobrara
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	88.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.2%	8.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center	Niobrara
No high school diploma	13.6%	9.3%
High school graduate	33.0%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	47.7%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center	Niobrara
Drove alone	80.4%	77.0%
Carpooled	4.3%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	8.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center	Niobrara
1-unit, detached	96.6%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	22.1%

Poverty & households

	Center	Niobrara
Poverty rate	38.1%	9.9%
Average household size	4.70	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	14	18
Median year structure built	1938	1975