Dawson vs Falls City

A side-by-side comparison of Dawson and Falls City: population, income, housing, and more.

Dawson and Falls City are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Falls City has the higher population (4,099 vs 193 in Dawson). Dawson has the higher median household income ($58,317 vs $45,750 in Falls City). Since 2019, Dawson's population has grown faster (+14.9% vs -1.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Dawson	Falls City
Population	193	4,099
Median age	53.2 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,317	$45,750
Median home value	—	$91,900
Median gross rent	$940	$713
Housing units	96	2,034
Homeownership rate	80.9%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dawson	Falls City
Population	168 → 193 (+14.9%)	4,156 → 4,099 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $58,317 (+26.1%)	$42,750 → $45,750 (+7.0%)
Median home value	$38,800 → $14,900 (-61.6%)	$69,800 → $91,900 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$531 → $940 (+77.0%)	$515 → $713 (+38.4%)

Dawson

Population

168193

Median household income

$46,250$58,317

Median home value

$38,800$14,900

Median gross rent

$531$940

Falls City

Population

4,1564,099

Median household income

$42,750$45,750

Median home value

$69,800$91,900

Median gross rent

$515$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dawson	Falls City
Under 5	3.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.6%	19.5%
18 to 24	2.6%	9.2%
25 to 34	11.4%	8.2%
35 to 44	4.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	15.5%	9.2%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	8.8%	11.6%
75 and over	21.8%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dawson	Falls City
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dawson	Falls City
No high school diploma	5.4%	7.7%
High school graduate	45.0%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dawson	Falls City
Drove alone	69.8%	82.5%
Carpooled	25.6%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dawson	Falls City
1-unit, detached	83.3%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dawson	Falls City
Poverty rate	3.6%	12.5%
Average household size	2.17	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	36	17
Median year structure built	1938	1951