Douglas vs Syracuse

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

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

Syracuse has the higher population (1,964 vs 261 in Douglas). Douglas has the higher median household income ($82,500 vs $70,625 in Syracuse). Syracuse has the higher median home value ($190,000 vs $111,700 in Douglas).

Population, income & housing

	Douglas	Syracuse
Population	261	1,964
Median age	34.1 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,500	$70,625
Median home value	$111,700	$190,000
Median gross rent	$725	$644
Housing units	105	942
Homeownership rate	93.6%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Douglas	Syracuse
Population	151 → 261 (+72.8%)	2,076 → 1,964 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$62,500 → $82,500 (+32.0%)	$56,094 → $70,625 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $111,700 (+31.4%)	$133,700 → $190,000 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $725 (-4.1%)	$611 → $644 (+5.4%)

Douglas

Population

151261

Median household income

$62,500$82,500

Median home value

$85,000$111,700

Median gross rent

$756$725

Syracuse

Population

2,0761,964

Median household income

$56,094$70,625

Median home value

$133,700$190,000

Median gross rent

$611$644

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Douglas	Syracuse
Under 5	9.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	21.5%	19.5%
18 to 24	2.3%	3.0%
25 to 34	26.4%	14.6%
35 to 44	5.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	7.3%	7.7%
55 to 64	13.8%	11.2%
65 to 74	6.5%	8.2%
75 and over	7.7%	17.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Douglas	Syracuse
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Douglas	Syracuse
No high school diploma	19.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	21.8%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	47.1%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Douglas	Syracuse
Drove alone	48.4%	80.3%
Carpooled	3.9%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	38.3%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Douglas	Syracuse
1-unit, detached	75.2%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	18.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Douglas	Syracuse
Poverty rate	6.2%	7.6%
Average household size	2.78	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1955	1967