Lakeview vs Platte Center

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

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

Lakeview has the higher population (446 vs 327 in Platte Center). Lakeview has the higher median household income ($133,265 vs $74,833 in Platte Center). Lakeview has the higher median home value ($238,600 vs $118,900 in Platte Center).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeview	Platte Center
Population	446	327
Median age	37.6 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$133,265	$74,833
Median home value	$238,600	$118,900
Median gross rent	—	$967
Housing units	114	124
Homeownership rate	100.0%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	15.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeview	Platte Center
Population	370 → 446 (+20.5%)	384 → 327 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$63,654 → $133,265 (+109.4%)	$54,417 → $74,833 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$171,100 → $238,600 (+39.5%)	$103,400 → $118,900 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$945 → $967 (+2.3%)

Lakeview

Population

370446

Median household income

$63,654$133,265

Median home value

$171,100$238,600

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)

	Lakeview	Platte Center
Under 5	0.0%	11.3%
5 to 17	37.7%	21.7%
18 to 24	6.3%	2.8%
25 to 34	4.3%	15.9%
35 to 44	23.3%	9.8%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.2%	16.8%
65 to 74	6.1%	4.9%
75 and over	0.0%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeview	Platte Center
White (non-Hispanic)	99.8%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeview	Platte Center
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.6%
High school graduate	40.0%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree	33.6%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeview	Platte Center
Drove alone	85.3%	83.8%
Carpooled	11.7%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	7.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeview	Platte Center
1-unit, detached	84.2%	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	15.8%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Lakeview	Platte Center
Poverty rate	0.0%	12.7%
Average household size	3.91	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	15	25
Median year structure built	2010	1944