Firth vs Waverly

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

Firth 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 517 in Firth). Waverly has the higher median household income ($110,000 vs $89,044 in Firth). Waverly has the higher median home value ($290,000 vs $226,100 in Firth).

Population, income & housing

	Firth	Waverly
Population	517	4,363
Median age	33.6 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$89,044	$110,000
Median home value	$226,100	$290,000
Median gross rent	$1,013	$972
Housing units	221	1,556
Homeownership rate	69.6%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	35.6%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Firth	Waverly
Population	435 → 517 (+18.9%)	3,873 → 4,363 (+12.7%)
Median household income	$65,909 → $89,044 (+35.1%)	$82,031 → $110,000 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$139,300 → $226,100 (+62.3%)	$175,100 → $290,000 (+65.6%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $1,013 (+50.1%)	$811 → $972 (+19.9%)

Firth

Population

435517

Median household income

$65,909$89,044

Median home value

$139,300$226,100

Median gross rent

$675$1,013

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)

	Firth	Waverly
Under 5	9.5%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.1%	27.4%
18 to 24	9.1%	3.7%
25 to 34	13.5%	9.3%
35 to 44	13.9%	14.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	8.3%
65 to 74	5.6%	15.3%
75 and over	7.0%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Firth	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.7%
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%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Firth	Waverly
No high school diploma	10.9%	1.5%
High school graduate	20.5%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	47.5%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Firth	Waverly
Drove alone	63.2%	87.5%
Carpooled	28.5%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	9.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Firth	Waverly
1-unit, detached	78.7%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Firth	Waverly
Poverty rate	3.4%	0.6%
Average household size	2.45	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1973	1995