Douglas vs Nebraska City

A side-by-side comparison of Douglas and Nebraska City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nebraska City has the higher population (7,287 vs 261 in Douglas). Douglas has the higher median household income ($82,500 vs $67,993 in Nebraska City). Nebraska City has the higher median home value ($147,800 vs $111,700 in Douglas).

Population, income & housing

	Douglas	Nebraska City
Population	261	7,287
Median age	34.1 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$82,500	$67,993
Median home value	$111,700	$147,800
Median gross rent	$725	$910
Housing units	105	3,133
Homeownership rate	93.6%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Douglas	Nebraska City
Population	151 → 261 (+72.8%)	7,273 → 7,287 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$62,500 → $82,500 (+32.0%)	$46,857 → $67,993 (+45.1%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $111,700 (+31.4%)	$117,000 → $147,800 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $725 (-4.1%)	$701 → $910 (+29.8%)

Douglas

Population

151261

Median household income

$62,500$82,500

Median home value

$85,000$111,700

Median gross rent

$756$725

Nebraska City

Population

7,2737,287

Median household income

$46,857$67,993

Median home value

$117,000$147,800

Median gross rent

$701$910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Douglas	Nebraska City
Under 5	9.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	21.5%	22.1%
18 to 24	2.3%	10.0%
25 to 34	26.4%	9.3%
35 to 44	5.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	7.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.8%	10.5%
65 to 74	6.5%	10.7%
75 and over	7.7%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Douglas	Nebraska City
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	79.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Douglas	Nebraska City
No high school diploma	19.0%	8.9%
High school graduate	21.8%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	47.1%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Douglas	Nebraska City
Drove alone	48.4%	78.1%
Carpooled	3.9%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	38.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	9.4%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Douglas	Nebraska City
1-unit, detached	75.2%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	18.1%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Douglas	Nebraska City
Poverty rate	6.2%	12.6%
Average household size	2.78	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	30	19
Median year structure built	1955	1962