Nebraska City vs Palmyra

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

Nebraska City and Palmyra 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 642 in Palmyra). Palmyra has the higher median household income ($81,458 vs $67,993 in Nebraska City). Palmyra has the higher median home value ($160,900 vs $147,800 in Nebraska City).

Population, income & housing

	Nebraska City	Palmyra
Population	7,287	642
Median age	37.7 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,993	$81,458
Median home value	$147,800	$160,900
Median gross rent	$910	$1,143
Housing units	3,133	271
Homeownership rate	72.9%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nebraska City	Palmyra
Population	7,273 → 7,287 (+0.2%)	571 → 642 (+12.4%)
Median household income	$46,857 → $67,993 (+45.1%)	$67,639 → $81,458 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$117,000 → $147,800 (+26.3%)	$120,700 → $160,900 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$701 → $910 (+29.8%)	$862 → $1,143 (+32.6%)

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

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)

	Nebraska City	Palmyra
Under 5	4.4%	9.8%
5 to 17	22.1%	23.1%
18 to 24	10.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	9.3%	15.9%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	10.5%	9.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	6.2%
75 and over	8.0%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nebraska City	Palmyra
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	78.8%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	4.6%	13.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nebraska City	Palmyra
No high school diploma	8.9%	6.0%
High school graduate	36.2%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nebraska City	Palmyra
Drove alone	78.1%	82.3%
Carpooled	14.2%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	10.6%
Other means	0.5%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nebraska City	Palmyra
1-unit, detached	77.6%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Nebraska City	Palmyra
Poverty rate	12.6%	6.7%
Average household size	2.53	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1962	1970