Niobrara vs Verdigre

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

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

Verdigre has the higher population (576 vs 365 in Niobrara). Verdigre has the higher median household income ($41,250 vs $38,977 in Niobrara). Niobrara has the higher median home value ($91,300 vs $85,200 in Verdigre).

Population, income & housing

	Niobrara	Verdigre
Population	365	576
Median age	54.8 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$38,977	$41,250
Median home value	$91,300	$85,200
Median gross rent	$582	$558
Housing units	231	258
Homeownership rate	75.3%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Niobrara	Verdigre
Population	293 → 365 (+24.6%)	555 → 576 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $38,977 (-5.5%)	$48,625 → $41,250 (-15.2%)
Median home value	$76,900 → $91,300 (+18.7%)	$63,300 → $85,200 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $582 (-6.3%)	$630 → $558 (-11.4%)

Niobrara

Population

293365

Median household income

$41,250$38,977

Median home value

$76,900$91,300

Median gross rent

$621$582

Verdigre

Population

555576

Median household income

$48,625$41,250

Median home value

$63,300$85,200

Median gross rent

$630$558

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Niobrara	Verdigre
Under 5	1.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	23.0%	21.4%
18 to 24	4.1%	9.9%
25 to 34	8.5%	6.6%
35 to 44	4.9%	8.5%
45 to 54	7.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	15.6%	12.0%
65 to 74	17.0%	14.2%
75 and over	17.3%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Niobrara	Verdigre
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	78.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	8.5%	18.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Niobrara	Verdigre
No high school diploma	9.3%	7.0%
High school graduate	37.8%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Niobrara	Verdigre
Drove alone	77.0%	87.0%
Carpooled	10.1%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Niobrara	Verdigre
1-unit, detached	71.4%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	22.1%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Niobrara	Verdigre
Poverty rate	9.9%	21.6%
Average household size	2.15	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	18	12
Median year structure built	1975	1959