Duncan vs Platte Center

A side-by-side comparison of Duncan and Platte Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Duncan has the higher population (650 vs 327 in Platte Center). Platte Center has the higher median household income ($74,833 vs $58,875 in Duncan). Duncan has the higher median home value ($150,000 vs $118,900 in Platte Center).

Population, income & housing

	Duncan	Platte Center
Population	650	327
Median age	21.8 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,875	$74,833
Median home value	$150,000	$118,900
Median gross rent	$850	$967
Housing units	184	124
Homeownership rate	96.1%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duncan	Platte Center
Population	547 → 650 (+18.8%)	384 → 327 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $58,875 (+27.3%)	$54,417 → $74,833 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$95,600 → $150,000 (+56.9%)	$103,400 → $118,900 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,113 → $850 (-23.6%)	$945 → $967 (+2.3%)

Duncan

Population

547650

Median household income

$46,250$58,875

Median home value

$95,600$150,000

Median gross rent

$1,113$850

Platte Center

Population

384327

Median household income

$54,417$74,833

Median home value

$103,400$118,900

Median gross rent

$945$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duncan	Platte Center
Under 5	14.6%	11.3%
5 to 17	26.5%	21.7%
18 to 24	10.8%	2.8%
25 to 34	6.0%	15.9%
35 to 44	8.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	6.3%	16.8%
65 to 74	4.6%	4.9%
75 and over	13.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duncan	Platte Center
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	0.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duncan	Platte Center
No high school diploma	14.1%	7.6%
High school graduate	32.3%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duncan	Platte Center
Drove alone	68.6%	83.8%
Carpooled	26.3%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	7.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duncan	Platte Center
1-unit, detached	99.5%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Duncan	Platte Center
Poverty rate	0.9%	12.7%
Average household size	3.63	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1959	1944