Humphrey vs Platte Center

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

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

Humphrey has the higher population (701 vs 327 in Platte Center). Platte Center has the higher median household income ($74,833 vs $69,732 in Humphrey). Humphrey has the higher median home value ($224,000 vs $118,900 in Platte Center).

Population, income & housing

	Humphrey	Platte Center
Population	701	327
Median age	34.7 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,732	$74,833
Median home value	$224,000	$118,900
Median gross rent	$693	$967
Housing units	348	124
Homeownership rate	86.6%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Humphrey	Platte Center
Population	896 → 701 (-21.8%)	384 → 327 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$62,917 → $69,732 (+10.8%)	$54,417 → $74,833 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $224,000 (+37.8%)	$103,400 → $118,900 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $693 (-12.3%)	$945 → $967 (+2.3%)

Humphrey

Population

896701

Median household income

$62,917$69,732

Median home value

$162,500$224,000

Median gross rent

$790$693

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)

	Humphrey	Platte Center
Under 5	9.0%	11.3%
5 to 17	13.7%	21.7%
18 to 24	6.4%	2.8%
25 to 34	21.7%	15.9%
35 to 44	7.8%	9.8%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.9%
55 to 64	9.7%	16.8%
65 to 74	7.1%	4.9%
75 and over	14.0%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Humphrey	Platte Center
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	2.1%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Humphrey	Platte Center
No high school diploma	3.0%	7.6%
High school graduate	25.2%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Humphrey	Platte Center
Drove alone	83.7%	83.8%
Carpooled	4.3%	6.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	6.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	7.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Humphrey	Platte Center
1-unit, detached	86.2%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Humphrey	Platte Center
Poverty rate	5.4%	12.7%
Average household size	2.12	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1960	1944