Dunbar vs Palmyra

A side-by-side comparison of Dunbar and Palmyra: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Palmyra has the higher population (642 vs 246 in Dunbar). Dunbar has the higher median household income ($88,750 vs $81,458 in Palmyra). Palmyra has the higher median home value ($160,900 vs $57,600 in Dunbar).

Population, income & housing

	Dunbar	Palmyra
Population	246	642
Median age	33.4 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$88,750	$81,458
Median home value	$57,600	$160,900
Median gross rent	$688	$1,143
Housing units	101	271
Homeownership rate	83.2%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	26.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunbar	Palmyra
Population	176 → 246 (+39.8%)	571 → 642 (+12.4%)
Median household income	$56,042 → $88,750 (+58.4%)	$67,639 → $81,458 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $57,600 (-7.8%)	$120,700 → $160,900 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $688 (+2.7%)	$862 → $1,143 (+32.6%)

Dunbar

Population

176246

Median household income

$56,042$88,750

Median home value

$62,500$57,600

Median gross rent

$670$688

Palmyra

Population

571642

Median household income

$67,639$81,458

Median home value

$120,700$160,900

Median gross rent

$862$1,143

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunbar	Palmyra
Under 5	16.7%	9.8%
5 to 17	10.2%	23.1%
18 to 24	2.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	24.0%	15.9%
35 to 44	3.3%	15.4%
45 to 54	6.1%	11.4%
55 to 64	27.6%	9.7%
65 to 74	5.3%	6.2%
75 and over	4.9%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunbar	Palmyra
White (non-Hispanic)	76.4%	78.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	13.4%
Hispanic or Latino	20.3%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunbar	Palmyra
No high school diploma	5.1%	6.0%
High school graduate	54.3%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunbar	Palmyra
Drove alone	80.9%	82.3%
Carpooled	18.2%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunbar	Palmyra
1-unit, detached	100.0%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Dunbar	Palmyra
Poverty rate	15.2%	6.7%
Average household size	2.44	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1938	1970