Pierce vs Plainview

A side-by-side comparison of Pierce and Plainview: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pierce has the higher population (1,986 vs 1,241 in Plainview). Pierce has the higher median household income ($64,167 vs $56,100 in Plainview). Pierce has the higher median home value ($157,600 vs $86,900 in Plainview).

Population, income & housing

	Pierce	Plainview
Population	1,986	1,241
Median age	35.9 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,167	$56,100
Median home value	$157,600	$86,900
Median gross rent	$883	$818
Housing units	830	576
Homeownership rate	75.8%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pierce	Plainview
Population	2,013 → 1,986 (-1.3%)	1,398 → 1,241 (-11.2%)
Median household income	$57,829 → $64,167 (+11.0%)	$44,883 → $56,100 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$115,500 → $157,600 (+36.5%)	$80,900 → $86,900 (+7.4%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $883 (+48.9%)	$667 → $818 (+22.6%)

Pierce

Population

2,0131,986

Median household income

$57,829$64,167

Median home value

$115,500$157,600

Median gross rent

$593$883

Plainview

Population

1,3981,241

Median household income

$44,883$56,100

Median home value

$80,900$86,900

Median gross rent

$667$818

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pierce	Plainview
Under 5	6.4%	7.1%
5 to 17	15.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	15.7%	5.6%
35 to 44	9.5%	16.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	10.2%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.1%	8.5%
75 and over	6.2%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pierce	Plainview
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pierce	Plainview
No high school diploma	4.7%	11.5%
High school graduate	30.7%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pierce	Plainview
Drove alone	87.2%	76.8%
Carpooled	4.5%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pierce	Plainview
1-unit, detached	86.4%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Pierce	Plainview
Poverty rate	5.3%	10.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1962	1953