Malcolm vs Waverly

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

Malcolm 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 428 in Malcolm). Waverly has the higher median household income ($110,000 vs $84,712 in Malcolm). Waverly has the higher median home value ($290,000 vs $239,800 in Malcolm).

Population, income & housing

	Malcolm	Waverly
Population	428	4,363
Median age	32.5 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$84,712	$110,000
Median home value	$239,800	$290,000
Median gross rent	$893	$972
Housing units	198	1,556
Homeownership rate	65.0%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	35.6%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malcolm	Waverly
Population	483 → 428 (-11.4%)	3,873 → 4,363 (+12.7%)
Median household income	$70,250 → $84,712 (+20.6%)	$82,031 → $110,000 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$152,800 → $239,800 (+56.9%)	$175,100 → $290,000 (+65.6%)
Median gross rent	$753 → $893 (+18.6%)	$811 → $972 (+19.9%)

Malcolm

Population

483428

Median household income

$70,250$84,712

Median home value

$152,800$239,800

Median gross rent

$753$893

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)

	Malcolm	Waverly
Under 5	9.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.6%	27.4%
18 to 24	12.9%	3.7%
25 to 34	12.9%	9.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	14.9%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.2%	8.3%
65 to 74	7.9%	15.3%
75 and over	3.7%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malcolm	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malcolm	Waverly
No high school diploma	1.9%	1.5%
High school graduate	21.8%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	43.9%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malcolm	Waverly
Drove alone	83.5%	87.5%
Carpooled	7.9%	3.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malcolm	Waverly
1-unit, detached	68.7%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	31.3%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Malcolm	Waverly
Poverty rate	12.9%	0.6%
Average household size	2.42	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1978	1995