Bennet vs Waverly

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

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

Waverly has the higher population (4,363 vs 1,174 in Bennet). Waverly has the higher median household income ($110,000 vs $100,417 in Bennet). Waverly has the higher median home value ($290,000 vs $252,400 in Bennet).

Population, income & housing

	Bennet	Waverly
Population	1,174	4,363
Median age	34.8 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$100,417	$110,000
Median home value	$252,400	$290,000
Median gross rent	$1,277	$972
Housing units	468	1,556
Homeownership rate	89.2%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.0%	35.6%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bennet	Waverly
Population	1,103 → 1,174 (+6.4%)	3,873 → 4,363 (+12.7%)
Median household income	$70,000 → $100,417 (+43.5%)	$82,031 → $110,000 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $252,400 (+61.5%)	$175,100 → $290,000 (+65.6%)
Median gross rent	$909 → $1,277 (+40.5%)	$811 → $972 (+19.9%)

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

Waverly

Population

3,8734,363

Median household income

$82,031$110,000

Median home value

$175,100$290,000

Median gross rent

$811$972

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bennet	Waverly
Under 5	10.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.3%	27.4%
18 to 24	5.7%	3.7%
25 to 34	15.2%	9.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	14.9%
45 to 54	20.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	7.4%	8.3%
65 to 74	4.5%	15.3%
75 and over	3.6%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bennet	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
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%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bennet	Waverly
No high school diploma	1.7%	1.5%
High school graduate	16.4%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bennet	Waverly
Drove alone	85.7%	87.5%
Carpooled	5.9%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bennet	Waverly
1-unit, detached	96.4%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bennet	Waverly
Poverty rate	4.9%	0.6%
Average household size	2.59	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1982	1995