Hershey vs Maxwell

A side-by-side comparison of Hershey and Maxwell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hershey has the higher population (671 vs 230 in Maxwell). Hershey has the higher median household income ($79,375 vs $78,750 in Maxwell). Hershey has the higher median home value ($150,000 vs $89,700 in Maxwell).

Population, income & housing

	Hershey	Maxwell
Population	671	230
Median age	40.8 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$79,375	$78,750
Median home value	$150,000	$89,700
Median gross rent	$728	$821
Housing units	277	111
Homeownership rate	83.2%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hershey	Maxwell
Population	606 → 671 (+10.7%)	230 → 230 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$61,875 → $79,375 (+28.3%)	$49,423 → $78,750 (+59.3%)
Median home value	$121,000 → $150,000 (+24.0%)	$75,000 → $89,700 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $728 (-10.2%)	$917 → $821 (-10.5%)

Hershey

Population

606671

Median household income

$61,875$79,375

Median home value

$121,000$150,000

Median gross rent

$811$728

Maxwell

Population

230230

Median household income

$49,423$78,750

Median home value

$75,000$89,700

Median gross rent

$917$821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hershey	Maxwell
Under 5	6.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	21.2%	18.7%
18 to 24	3.1%	12.2%
25 to 34	13.1%	4.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.0%	26.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	10.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	7.4%
75 and over	8.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hershey	Maxwell
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hershey	Maxwell
No high school diploma	5.8%	13.6%
High school graduate	28.0%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	52.6%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hershey	Maxwell
Drove alone	87.2%	70.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	14.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	10.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hershey	Maxwell
1-unit, detached	90.6%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Hershey	Maxwell
Poverty rate	7.0%	4.3%
Average household size	2.56	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1971	1955