Firth vs Panama

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

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

Firth has the higher population (517 vs 223 in Panama). Panama has the higher median household income ($89,583 vs $89,044 in Firth). Firth has the higher median home value ($226,100 vs $196,000 in Panama).

Population, income & housing

	Firth	Panama
Population	517	223
Median age	33.6 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$89,044	$89,583
Median home value	$226,100	$196,000
Median gross rent	$1,013	$1,250
Housing units	221	108
Homeownership rate	69.6%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Firth	Panama
Population	435 → 517 (+18.9%)	236 → 223 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$65,909 → $89,044 (+35.1%)	$83,750 → $89,583 (+7.0%)
Median home value	$139,300 → $226,100 (+62.3%)	$153,800 → $196,000 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $1,013 (+50.1%)	$683 → $1,250 (+83.0%)

Firth

Population

435517

Median household income

$65,909$89,044

Median home value

$139,300$226,100

Median gross rent

$675$1,013

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)

	Firth	Panama
Under 5	9.5%	11.7%
5 to 17	19.1%	9.9%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.5%	2.7%
35 to 44	13.9%	14.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	9.4%
55 to 64	10.8%	21.5%
65 to 74	5.6%	17.0%
75 and over	7.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Firth	Panama
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	11.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Firth	Panama
No high school diploma	10.9%	7.5%
High school graduate	20.5%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	47.5%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Firth	Panama
Drove alone	63.2%	75.0%
Carpooled	28.5%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	13.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Firth	Panama
1-unit, detached	78.7%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Firth	Panama
Poverty rate	3.4%	3.6%
Average household size	2.45	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1973	1963