Roca vs Yankee Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Roca and Yankee Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Yankee Hill has the higher population (250 vs 172 in Roca). Roca has the higher median household income ($90,500 vs $81,107 in Yankee Hill). Yankee Hill has the higher median home value ($250,800 vs $191,700 in Roca).

Population, income & housing

	Roca	Yankee Hill
Population	172	250
Median age	49.1 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$90,500	$81,107
Median home value	$191,700	$250,800
Median gross rent	$1,075	—
Housing units	80	175
Homeownership rate	92.1%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	49.6%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roca	Yankee Hill
Population	181 → 172 (-5.0%)	286 → 250 (-12.6%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $90,500 (+112.9%)	$71,250 → $81,107 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$144,400 → $191,700 (+32.8%)	$146,800 → $250,800 (+70.8%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $1,075 (+10.3%)	—

Roca

Population

181172

Median household income

$42,500$90,500

Median home value

$144,400$191,700

Median gross rent

$975$1,075

Yankee Hill

Population

286250

Median household income

$71,250$81,107

Median home value

$146,800$250,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Roca	Yankee Hill
Under 5	4.1%	2.8%
5 to 17	12.8%	2.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.7%	35.6%
35 to 44	8.1%	7.6%
45 to 54	12.8%	0.4%
55 to 64	23.3%	33.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	16.4%
75 and over	6.4%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roca	Yankee Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	85.2%
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	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roca	Yankee Hill
No high school diploma	2.3%	16.5%
High school graduate	32.1%	4.7%
Some college or associate's	51.1%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roca	Yankee Hill
Drove alone	82.4%	70.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	10.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	3.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roca	Yankee Hill
1-unit, detached	95.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
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	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Roca	Yankee Hill
Poverty rate	1.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.26	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	38	14
Median year structure built	1978	1961