Nebraska City vs Syracuse

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

Nebraska City and Syracuse 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 1,964 in Syracuse). Syracuse has the higher median household income ($70,625 vs $67,993 in Nebraska City). Syracuse has the higher median home value ($190,000 vs $147,800 in Nebraska City).

Population, income & housing

	Nebraska City	Syracuse
Population	7,287	1,964
Median age	37.7 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,993	$70,625
Median home value	$147,800	$190,000
Median gross rent	$910	$644
Housing units	3,133	942
Homeownership rate	72.9%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nebraska City	Syracuse
Population	7,273 → 7,287 (+0.2%)	2,076 → 1,964 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$46,857 → $67,993 (+45.1%)	$56,094 → $70,625 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$117,000 → $147,800 (+26.3%)	$133,700 → $190,000 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$701 → $910 (+29.8%)	$611 → $644 (+5.4%)

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

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)

	Nebraska City	Syracuse
Under 5	4.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	22.1%	19.5%
18 to 24	10.0%	3.0%
25 to 34	9.3%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.3%	7.7%
55 to 64	10.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	8.2%
75 and over	8.0%	17.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nebraska City	Syracuse
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	95.4%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	4.6%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nebraska City	Syracuse
No high school diploma	8.9%	2.7%
High school graduate	36.2%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nebraska City	Syracuse
Drove alone	78.1%	80.3%
Carpooled	14.2%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	6.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nebraska City	Syracuse
1-unit, detached	77.6%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	7.1%
20 or more units	5.5%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Nebraska City	Syracuse
Poverty rate	12.6%	7.6%
Average household size	2.53	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1962	1967