Crofton vs Wausa

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

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

Crofton has the higher population (920 vs 587 in Wausa). Crofton has the higher median household income ($80,000 vs $68,125 in Wausa). Crofton has the higher median home value ($119,000 vs $79,400 in Wausa).

Population, income & housing

	Crofton	Wausa
Population	920	587
Median age	32.3 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$80,000	$68,125
Median home value	$119,000	$79,400
Median gross rent	$456	$820
Housing units	359	325
Homeownership rate	91.6%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crofton	Wausa
Population	868 → 920 (+6.0%)	562 → 587 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$51,364 → $80,000 (+55.8%)	$68,750 → $68,125 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$102,300 → $119,000 (+16.3%)	$67,900 → $79,400 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$393 → $456 (+16.0%)	$642 → $820 (+27.7%)

Crofton

Population

868920

Median household income

$51,364$80,000

Median home value

$102,300$119,000

Median gross rent

$393$456

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)

	Crofton	Wausa
Under 5	9.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	24.6%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	12.4%	7.0%
35 to 44	17.7%	9.5%
45 to 54	3.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	7.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.9%
75 and over	6.5%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crofton	Wausa
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	2.4%
Asian	1.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crofton	Wausa
No high school diploma	3.3%	8.2%
High school graduate	36.5%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	44.9%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crofton	Wausa
Drove alone	82.2%	86.4%
Carpooled	6.4%	0.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crofton	Wausa
1-unit, detached	89.7%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Crofton	Wausa
Poverty rate	12.6%	4.6%
Average household size	2.88	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1970	1938