Dawson vs Humboldt

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

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

Humboldt has the higher population (780 vs 193 in Dawson). Dawson has the higher median household income ($58,317 vs $45,500 in Humboldt). Since 2019, Dawson's population has grown faster (+14.9% vs -9.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Dawson	Humboldt
Population	193	780
Median age	53.2 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,317	$45,500
Median home value	—	$68,500
Median gross rent	$940	$480
Housing units	96	467
Homeownership rate	80.9%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dawson	Humboldt
Population	168 → 193 (+14.9%)	863 → 780 (-9.6%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $58,317 (+26.1%)	$42,969 → $45,500 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$38,800 → $14,900 (-61.6%)	$46,800 → $68,500 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$531 → $940 (+77.0%)	$429 → $480 (+11.9%)

Dawson

Population

168193

Median household income

$46,250$58,317

Median home value

$38,800$14,900

Median gross rent

$531$940

Humboldt

Population

863780

Median household income

$42,969$45,500

Median home value

$46,800$68,500

Median gross rent

$429$480

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dawson	Humboldt
Under 5	3.6%	2.9%
5 to 17	16.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	2.6%	5.4%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	4.7%	7.3%
45 to 54	15.5%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	17.2%
65 to 74	8.8%	13.3%
75 and over	21.8%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dawson	Humboldt
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	85.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.1%
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%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dawson	Humboldt
No high school diploma	5.4%	13.4%
High school graduate	45.0%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dawson	Humboldt
Drove alone	69.8%	75.8%
Carpooled	25.6%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dawson	Humboldt
1-unit, detached	83.3%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Dawson	Humboldt
Poverty rate	3.6%	15.0%
Average household size	2.17	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	36	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938