North Platte vs Wallace

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

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

North Platte has the higher population (23,030 vs 272 in Wallace). North Platte has the higher median household income ($57,805 vs $55,625 in Wallace). North Platte has the higher median home value ($159,500 vs $101,500 in Wallace).

Population, income & housing

	North Platte	Wallace
Population	23,030	272
Median age	40.4 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,805	$55,625
Median home value	$159,500	$101,500
Median gross rent	$882	$725
Housing units	11,407	144
Homeownership rate	56.5%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Platte	Wallace
Population	23,892 → 23,030 (-3.6%)	274 → 272 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$54,357 → $57,805 (+6.3%)	$52,083 → $55,625 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$118,900 → $159,500 (+34.1%)	$84,400 → $101,500 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $882 (+16.5%)	$750 → $725 (-3.3%)

North Platte

Population

23,89223,030

Median household income

$54,357$57,805

Median home value

$118,900$159,500

Median gross rent

$757$882

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)

	North Platte	Wallace
Under 5	5.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.9%	10.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	2.2%
25 to 34	12.5%	9.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	15.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	7.7%
55 to 64	13.8%	11.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	33.1%
75 and over	8.9%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Platte	Wallace
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	85.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Platte	Wallace
No high school diploma	7.5%	10.8%
High school graduate	31.0%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Platte	Wallace
Drove alone	87.5%	87.2%
Carpooled	4.0%	5.5%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	3.7%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	2.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Platte	Wallace
1-unit, detached	65.6%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	4.9%
20 or more units	7.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	North Platte	Wallace
Poverty rate	16.1%	3.3%
Average household size	2.21	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	13	12
Median year structure built	1965	1954