Hershey vs Wellfleet

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

Hershey and Wellfleet 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 81 in Wellfleet). Hershey has the higher median household income ($79,375 vs $68,750 in Wellfleet). Hershey has the higher median home value ($150,000 vs $75,000 in Wellfleet).

Population, income & housing

	Hershey	Wellfleet
Population	671	81
Median age	40.8 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$79,375	$68,750
Median home value	$150,000	$75,000
Median gross rent	$728	—
Housing units	277	30
Homeownership rate	83.2%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	36.2%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hershey	Wellfleet
Population	606 → 671 (+10.7%)	52 → 81 (+55.8%)
Median household income	$61,875 → $79,375 (+28.3%)	$44,167 → $68,750 (+55.7%)
Median home value	$121,000 → $150,000 (+24.0%)	$62,500 → $75,000 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $728 (-10.2%)	—

Hershey

Population

606671

Median household income

$61,875$79,375

Median home value

$121,000$150,000

Median gross rent

$811$728

Wellfleet

Population

5281

Median household income

$44,167$68,750

Median home value

$62,500$75,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hershey	Wellfleet
Under 5	6.6%	8.6%
5 to 17	21.2%	16.0%
18 to 24	3.1%	3.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	29.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	1.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	7.4%
55 to 64	14.6%	16.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	7.4%
75 and over	8.0%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hershey	Wellfleet
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	70.4%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	29.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hershey	Wellfleet
No high school diploma	5.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	28.0%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	52.6%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hershey	Wellfleet
Drove alone	87.2%	85.7%
Carpooled	9.5%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hershey	Wellfleet
1-unit, detached	90.6%	86.7%
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%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Hershey	Wellfleet
Poverty rate	7.0%	1.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1971	1945