Creighton vs Wausa

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

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

Creighton has the higher population (1,199 vs 587 in Wausa). Wausa has the higher median household income ($68,125 vs $53,167 in Creighton). Creighton has the higher median home value ($103,700 vs $79,400 in Wausa).

Population, income & housing

	Creighton	Wausa
Population	1,199	587
Median age	47.1 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,167	$68,125
Median home value	$103,700	$79,400
Median gross rent	$732	$820
Housing units	608	325
Homeownership rate	74.0%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creighton	Wausa
Population	1,225 → 1,199 (-2.1%)	562 → 587 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$48,083 → $53,167 (+10.6%)	$68,750 → $68,125 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $103,700 (+17.4%)	$67,900 → $79,400 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$592 → $732 (+23.6%)	$642 → $820 (+27.7%)

Creighton

Population

1,2251,199

Median household income

$48,083$53,167

Median home value

$88,300$103,700

Median gross rent

$592$732

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)

	Creighton	Wausa
Under 5	6.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	4.9%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.8%	7.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.5%
45 to 54	5.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.3%
65 to 74	14.0%	10.9%
75 and over	17.0%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creighton	Wausa
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	88.9%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	2.4%
Asian	0.9%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creighton	Wausa
No high school diploma	5.3%	8.2%
High school graduate	42.8%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creighton	Wausa
Drove alone	85.5%	86.4%
Carpooled	7.2%	0.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	4.2%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creighton	Wausa
1-unit, detached	86.0%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Creighton	Wausa
Poverty rate	12.3%	4.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1958	1938