Bennet vs Hickman

A side-by-side comparison of Bennet and Hickman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hickman has the higher population (2,834 vs 1,174 in Bennet). Hickman has the higher median household income ($104,219 vs $100,417 in Bennet). Hickman has the higher median home value ($294,200 vs $252,400 in Bennet).

Population, income & housing

	Bennet	Hickman
Population	1,174	2,834
Median age	34.8 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$100,417	$104,219
Median home value	$252,400	$294,200
Median gross rent	$1,277	$1,309
Housing units	468	963
Homeownership rate	89.2%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.0%	44.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bennet	Hickman
Population	1,103 → 1,174 (+6.4%)	2,447 → 2,834 (+15.8%)
Median household income	$70,000 → $100,417 (+43.5%)	$105,000 → $104,219 (-0.7%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $252,400 (+61.5%)	$209,000 → $294,200 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$909 → $1,277 (+40.5%)	$983 → $1,309 (+33.2%)

Bennet

Population

1,1031,174

Median household income

$70,000$100,417

Median home value

$156,300$252,400

Median gross rent

$909$1,277

Hickman

Population

2,4472,834

Median household income

$105,000$104,219

Median home value

$209,000$294,200

Median gross rent

$983$1,309

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bennet	Hickman
Under 5	10.3%	12.7%
5 to 17	19.3%	26.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	15.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	20.3%
45 to 54	20.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	7.4%	7.4%
65 to 74	4.5%	5.4%
75 and over	3.6%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bennet	Hickman
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bennet	Hickman
No high school diploma	1.7%	1.8%
High school graduate	16.4%	16.2%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bennet	Hickman
Drove alone	85.7%	79.1%
Carpooled	5.9%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.3%	10.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bennet	Hickman
1-unit, detached	96.4%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bennet	Hickman
Poverty rate	4.9%	2.6%
Average household size	2.59	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1982	2003