Platte Center vs Tarnov

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

Platte Center and Tarnov 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 24 in Tarnov). Tarnov has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $74,833 in Platte Center). Since 2019, Tarnov's population has grown faster (+60.0% vs -14.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Platte Center	Tarnov
Population	327	24
Median age	33.3 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,833	$76,250
Median home value	$118,900	—
Median gross rent	$967	—
Housing units	124	9
Homeownership rate	81.0%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Platte Center	Tarnov
Population	384 → 327 (-14.8%)	15 → 24 (+60.0%)
Median household income	$54,417 → $74,833 (+37.5%)	$81,250 → $76,250 (-6.2%)
Median home value	$103,400 → $118,900 (+15.0%)	$52,500 → $75,000 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$945 → $967 (+2.3%)	—

Platte Center

Population

384327

Median household income

$54,417$74,833

Median home value

$103,400$118,900

Median gross rent

$945$967

Tarnov

Population

1524

Median household income

$81,250$76,250

Median home value

$52,500$75,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Platte Center	Tarnov
Under 5	11.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	21.7%	16.7%
18 to 24	2.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.9%	4.2%
35 to 44	9.8%	4.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	45.8%
55 to 64	16.8%	16.7%
65 to 74	4.9%	8.3%
75 and over	4.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Platte Center	Tarnov
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	12.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Platte Center	Tarnov
No high school diploma	7.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.5%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Platte Center	Tarnov
Drove alone	83.8%	85.7%
Carpooled	6.3%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	0.0%
Other means	7.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Platte Center	Tarnov
1-unit, detached	91.9%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
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	4.8%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Platte Center	Tarnov
Poverty rate	12.7%	12.5%
Average household size	2.82	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1944	1938