Cheney vs Panama

A side-by-side comparison of Cheney and Panama: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Panama has the higher population (223 vs 174 in Cheney). Cheney has the higher median household income ($101,932 vs $89,583 in Panama). Since 2019, Cheney's population has grown faster (+163.6% vs -5.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Cheney	Panama
Population	174	223
Median age	18.3 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$101,932	$89,583
Median home value	—	$196,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,250
Housing units	47	108
Homeownership rate	100.0%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheney	Panama
Population	66 → 174 (+163.6%)	236 → 223 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$104,091 → $101,932 (-2.1%)	$83,750 → $89,583 (+7.0%)
Median home value	$212,500 → $267,900 (+26.1%)	$153,800 → $196,000 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$683 → $1,250 (+83.0%)

Cheney

Population

66174

Median household income

$104,091$101,932

Median home value

$212,500$267,900

Panama

Population

236223

Median household income

$83,750$89,583

Median home value

$153,800$196,000

Median gross rent

$683$1,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheney	Panama
Under 5	17.8%	11.7%
5 to 17	31.0%	9.9%
18 to 24	3.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.6%	2.7%
35 to 44	20.1%	14.3%
45 to 54	6.3%	9.4%
55 to 64	0.0%	21.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	17.0%
75 and over	8.6%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheney	Panama
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	11.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheney	Panama
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.5%
High school graduate	53.0%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	13.3%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	25.3%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheney	Panama
Drove alone	71.6%	75.0%
Carpooled	28.4%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheney	Panama
1-unit, detached	100.0%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Cheney	Panama
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.6%
Average household size	3.70	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	23	33
Median year structure built	1977	1963