Verdigre vs Wausa

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

Verdigre 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 576 in Verdigre). Wausa has the higher median household income ($68,125 vs $41,250 in Verdigre). Verdigre has the higher median home value ($85,200 vs $79,400 in Wausa).

Population, income & housing

	Verdigre	Wausa
Population	576	587
Median age	42.1 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$68,125
Median home value	$85,200	$79,400
Median gross rent	$558	$820
Housing units	258	325
Homeownership rate	71.4%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Verdigre	Wausa
Population	555 → 576 (+3.8%)	562 → 587 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$48,625 → $41,250 (-15.2%)	$68,750 → $68,125 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$63,300 → $85,200 (+34.6%)	$67,900 → $79,400 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $558 (-11.4%)	$642 → $820 (+27.7%)

Verdigre

Population

555576

Median household income

$48,625$41,250

Median home value

$63,300$85,200

Median gross rent

$630$558

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)

	Verdigre	Wausa
Under 5	6.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	21.4%	14.5%
18 to 24	9.9%	9.5%
25 to 34	6.6%	7.0%
35 to 44	8.5%	9.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.0%	14.3%
65 to 74	14.2%	10.9%
75 and over	9.7%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Verdigre	Wausa
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	18.9%	2.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Verdigre	Wausa
No high school diploma	7.0%	8.2%
High school graduate	32.2%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	44.0%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Verdigre	Wausa
Drove alone	87.0%	86.4%
Carpooled	2.8%	0.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Verdigre	Wausa
1-unit, detached	76.7%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Verdigre	Wausa
Poverty rate	21.6%	4.6%
Average household size	2.54	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	12	20
Median year structure built	1959	1938