Lindsay vs Platte Center

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

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

Platte Center has the higher population (327 vs 298 in Lindsay). Lindsay has the higher median household income ($77,500 vs $74,833 in Platte Center). Lindsay has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $118,900 in Platte Center).

Population, income & housing

	Lindsay	Platte Center
Population	298	327
Median age	36.9 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$77,500	$74,833
Median home value	$162,500	$118,900
Median gross rent	$717	$967
Housing units	142	124
Homeownership rate	92.8%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lindsay	Platte Center
Population	276 → 298 (+8.0%)	384 → 327 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$72,857 → $77,500 (+6.4%)	$54,417 → $74,833 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$131,300 → $162,500 (+23.8%)	$103,400 → $118,900 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $717 (-6.0%)	$945 → $967 (+2.3%)

Lindsay

Population

276298

Median household income

$72,857$77,500

Median home value

$131,300$162,500

Median gross rent

$763$717

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)

	Lindsay	Platte Center
Under 5	14.1%	11.3%
5 to 17	6.0%	21.7%
18 to 24	5.7%	2.8%
25 to 34	20.8%	15.9%
35 to 44	14.1%	9.8%
45 to 54	5.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	8.7%	16.8%
65 to 74	13.4%	4.9%
75 and over	11.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lindsay	Platte Center
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lindsay	Platte Center
No high school diploma	9.0%	7.6%
High school graduate	19.9%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lindsay	Platte Center
Drove alone	59.0%	83.8%
Carpooled	2.9%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	30.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	2.5%
Other means	0.6%	7.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lindsay	Platte Center
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Lindsay	Platte Center
Poverty rate	1.3%	12.7%
Average household size	2.16	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	14	25
Median year structure built	1974	1944