Du Bois vs Pawnee City

A side-by-side comparison of Du Bois and Pawnee City: population, income, housing, and more.

Du Bois and Pawnee City are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pawnee City has the higher population (930 vs 156 in Du Bois). Du Bois has the higher median household income ($43,750 vs $38,611 in Pawnee City). Both have a median home value of $57,000.

Population, income & housing

	Du Bois	Pawnee City
Population	156	930
Median age	53.5 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$38,611
Median home value	$57,000	$57,000
Median gross rent	$907	$617
Housing units	89	489
Homeownership rate	75.0%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Du Bois	Pawnee City
Population	97 → 156 (+60.8%)	1,077 → 930 (-13.6%)
Median household income	$48,269 → $43,750 (-9.4%)	$43,125 → $38,611 (-10.5%)
Median home value	$64,400 → $57,000 (-11.5%)	$64,800 → $57,000 (-12.0%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $907 (+15.1%)	$491 → $617 (+25.7%)

Du Bois

Population

97156

Median household income

$48,269$43,750

Median home value

$64,400$57,000

Median gross rent

$788$907

Pawnee City

Population

1,077930

Median household income

$43,125$38,611

Median home value

$64,800$57,000

Median gross rent

$491$617

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Du Bois	Pawnee City
Under 5	5.8%	9.6%
5 to 17	5.1%	17.5%
18 to 24	16.7%	4.4%
25 to 34	4.5%	12.2%
35 to 44	6.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.8%	9.6%
55 to 64	16.0%	8.6%
65 to 74	14.7%	12.7%
75 and over	17.9%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Du Bois	Pawnee City
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	91.6%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Du Bois	Pawnee City
No high school diploma	14.2%	8.6%
High school graduate	57.5%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Du Bois	Pawnee City
Drove alone	78.2%	66.8%
Carpooled	2.6%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	11.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	16.7%	10.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Du Bois	Pawnee City
1-unit, detached	84.3%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	15.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Du Bois	Pawnee City
Poverty rate	16.2%	19.7%
Average household size	2.29	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	41	9
Median year structure built	1938	1938