Niobrara vs Wausa

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

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

Wausa has the higher population (587 vs 365 in Niobrara). Wausa has the higher median household income ($68,125 vs $38,977 in Niobrara). Niobrara has the higher median home value ($91,300 vs $79,400 in Wausa).

Population, income & housing

	Niobrara	Wausa
Population	365	587
Median age	54.8 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$38,977	$68,125
Median home value	$91,300	$79,400
Median gross rent	$582	$820
Housing units	231	325
Homeownership rate	75.3%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Niobrara	Wausa
Population	293 → 365 (+24.6%)	562 → 587 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $38,977 (-5.5%)	$68,750 → $68,125 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$76,900 → $91,300 (+18.7%)	$67,900 → $79,400 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $582 (-6.3%)	$642 → $820 (+27.7%)

Niobrara

Population

293365

Median household income

$41,250$38,977

Median home value

$76,900$91,300

Median gross rent

$621$582

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)

	Niobrara	Wausa
Under 5	1.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	23.0%	14.5%
18 to 24	4.1%	9.5%
25 to 34	8.5%	7.0%
35 to 44	4.9%	9.5%
45 to 54	7.7%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.6%	14.3%
65 to 74	17.0%	10.9%
75 and over	17.3%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Niobrara	Wausa
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	8.5%	2.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Niobrara	Wausa
No high school diploma	9.3%	8.2%
High school graduate	37.8%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Niobrara	Wausa
Drove alone	77.0%	86.4%
Carpooled	10.1%	0.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Niobrara	Wausa
1-unit, detached	71.4%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	22.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Niobrara	Wausa
Poverty rate	9.9%	4.6%
Average household size	2.15	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1975	1938