Maxwell vs Wallace

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

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

Wallace has the higher population (272 vs 230 in Maxwell). Maxwell has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $55,625 in Wallace). Wallace has the higher median home value ($101,500 vs $89,700 in Maxwell).

Population, income & housing

	Maxwell	Wallace
Population	230	272
Median age	42.1 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$55,625
Median home value	$89,700	$101,500
Median gross rent	$821	$725
Housing units	111	144
Homeownership rate	75.6%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maxwell	Wallace
Population	230 → 230 (+0.0%)	274 → 272 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$49,423 → $78,750 (+59.3%)	$52,083 → $55,625 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $89,700 (+19.6%)	$84,400 → $101,500 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $821 (-10.5%)	$750 → $725 (-3.3%)

Maxwell

Population

230230

Median household income

$49,423$78,750

Median home value

$75,000$89,700

Median gross rent

$917$821

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)

	Maxwell	Wallace
Under 5	5.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.7%	10.7%
18 to 24	12.2%	2.2%
25 to 34	4.8%	9.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	15.8%
45 to 54	26.1%	7.7%
55 to 64	10.0%	11.0%
65 to 74	7.4%	33.1%
75 and over	3.9%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maxwell	Wallace
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	85.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	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	2.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maxwell	Wallace
No high school diploma	13.6%	10.8%
High school graduate	30.6%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	46.3%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maxwell	Wallace
Drove alone	70.0%	87.2%
Carpooled	14.6%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	2.8%
Other means	10.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maxwell	Wallace
1-unit, detached	96.4%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Maxwell	Wallace
Poverty rate	4.3%	3.3%
Average household size	2.67	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	17	12
Median year structure built	1955	1954