Cheney vs Sprague

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

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

Cheney has the higher population (174 vs 140 in Sprague). Cheney has the higher median household income ($101,932 vs $85,156 in Sprague). Since 2019, Cheney's population has grown faster (+163.6% vs +53.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Cheney	Sprague
Population	174	140
Median age	18.3 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$101,932	$85,156
Median home value	—	$189,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,563
Housing units	47	57
Homeownership rate	100.0%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheney	Sprague
Population	66 → 174 (+163.6%)	91 → 140 (+53.8%)
Median household income	$104,091 → $101,932 (-2.1%)	$56,250 → $85,156 (+51.4%)
Median home value	$212,500 → $267,900 (+26.1%)	$117,500 → $189,300 (+61.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$950 → $1,563 (+64.5%)

Cheney

Population

66174

Median household income

$104,091$101,932

Median home value

$212,500$267,900

Sprague

Population

91140

Median household income

$56,250$85,156

Median home value

$117,500$189,300

Median gross rent

$950$1,563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheney	Sprague
Under 5	17.8%	7.1%
5 to 17	31.0%	17.1%
18 to 24	3.4%	10.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	15.7%
35 to 44	20.1%	8.6%
45 to 54	6.3%	9.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	12.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	14.3%
75 and over	8.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheney	Sprague
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.9%
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%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheney	Sprague
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.5%
High school graduate	53.0%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	13.3%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	25.3%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheney	Sprague
Drove alone	71.6%	74.6%
Carpooled	28.4%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	19.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheney	Sprague
1-unit, detached	100.0%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Cheney	Sprague
Poverty rate	0.0%	10.0%
Average household size	3.70	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1977	1941