Dunbar vs Syracuse

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

Dunbar 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 246 in Dunbar). Dunbar has the higher median household income ($88,750 vs $70,625 in Syracuse). Syracuse has the higher median home value ($190,000 vs $57,600 in Dunbar).

Population, income & housing

	Dunbar	Syracuse
Population	246	1,964
Median age	33.4 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$88,750	$70,625
Median home value	$57,600	$190,000
Median gross rent	$688	$644
Housing units	101	942
Homeownership rate	83.2%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	26.2%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunbar	Syracuse
Population	176 → 246 (+39.8%)	2,076 → 1,964 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$56,042 → $88,750 (+58.4%)	$56,094 → $70,625 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $57,600 (-7.8%)	$133,700 → $190,000 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $688 (+2.7%)	$611 → $644 (+5.4%)

Dunbar

Population

176246

Median household income

$56,042$88,750

Median home value

$62,500$57,600

Median gross rent

$670$688

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)

	Dunbar	Syracuse
Under 5	16.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	10.2%	19.5%
18 to 24	2.0%	3.0%
25 to 34	24.0%	14.6%
35 to 44	3.3%	13.8%
45 to 54	6.1%	7.7%
55 to 64	27.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	5.3%	8.2%
75 and over	4.9%	17.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunbar	Syracuse
White (non-Hispanic)	76.4%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	20.3%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunbar	Syracuse
No high school diploma	5.1%	2.7%
High school graduate	54.3%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunbar	Syracuse
Drove alone	80.9%	80.3%
Carpooled	18.2%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunbar	Syracuse
1-unit, detached	100.0%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Dunbar	Syracuse
Poverty rate	15.2%	7.6%
Average household size	2.44	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1938	1967