Johnson vs Peru

A side-by-side comparison of Johnson and Peru: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Peru has the higher population (691 vs 311 in Johnson). Johnson has the higher median household income ($58,646 vs $41,875 in Peru). Johnson has the higher median home value ($100,800 vs $85,900 in Peru).

Population, income & housing

	Johnson	Peru
Population	311	691
Median age	36.3 yrs	21.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,646	$41,875
Median home value	$100,800	$85,900
Median gross rent	$625	$504
Housing units	181	290
Homeownership rate	90.8%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Johnson	Peru
Population	272 → 311 (+14.3%)	908 → 691 (-23.9%)
Median household income	$59,219 → $58,646 (-1.0%)	$42,917 → $41,875 (-2.4%)
Median home value	$83,600 → $100,800 (+20.6%)	$60,500 → $85,900 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $625 (+13.6%)	$494 → $504 (+2.0%)

Johnson

Population

272311

Median household income

$59,219$58,646

Median home value

$83,600$100,800

Median gross rent

$550$625

Peru

Population

908691

Median household income

$42,917$41,875

Median home value

$60,500$85,900

Median gross rent

$494$504

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Johnson	Peru
Under 5	10.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	22.2%	10.6%
18 to 24	4.5%	45.7%
25 to 34	10.9%	5.1%
35 to 44	10.9%	10.7%
45 to 54	7.1%	3.9%
55 to 64	16.4%	8.4%
65 to 74	7.1%	9.4%
75 and over	10.9%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Johnson	Peru
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	80.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Johnson	Peru
No high school diploma	1.5%	6.9%
High school graduate	37.1%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Johnson	Peru
Drove alone	91.7%	55.9%
Carpooled	0.8%	19.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	20.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Johnson	Peru
1-unit, detached	91.2%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	21.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Johnson	Peru
Poverty rate	9.6%	24.3%
Average household size	2.37	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	27	15
Median year structure built	1950	1938