Hershey vs Wallace

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

Hershey and Wallace 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 272 in Wallace). Hershey has the higher median household income ($79,375 vs $55,625 in Wallace). Hershey has the higher median home value ($150,000 vs $101,500 in Wallace).

Population, income & housing

	Hershey	Wallace
Population	671	272
Median age	40.8 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$79,375	$55,625
Median home value	$150,000	$101,500
Median gross rent	$728	$725
Housing units	277	144
Homeownership rate	83.2%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hershey	Wallace
Population	606 → 671 (+10.7%)	274 → 272 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$61,875 → $79,375 (+28.3%)	$52,083 → $55,625 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$121,000 → $150,000 (+24.0%)	$84,400 → $101,500 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $728 (-10.2%)	$750 → $725 (-3.3%)

Hershey

Population

606671

Median household income

$61,875$79,375

Median home value

$121,000$150,000

Median gross rent

$811$728

Wallace

Population

274272

Median household income

$52,083$55,625

Median home value

$84,400$101,500

Median gross rent

$750$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hershey	Wallace
Under 5	6.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	21.2%	10.7%
18 to 24	3.1%	2.2%
25 to 34	13.1%	9.2%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.8%
45 to 54	10.0%	7.7%
55 to 64	14.6%	11.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	33.1%
75 and over	8.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hershey	Wallace
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	85.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	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	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hershey	Wallace
No high school diploma	5.8%	10.8%
High school graduate	28.0%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	52.6%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hershey	Wallace
Drove alone	87.2%	87.2%
Carpooled	9.5%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hershey	Wallace
1-unit, detached	90.6%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Hershey	Wallace
Poverty rate	7.0%	3.3%
Average household size	2.56	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	19	12
Median year structure built	1971	1954