Crete vs De Witt

A side-by-side comparison of Crete and De Witt: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Crete has the higher population (7,521 vs 426 in De Witt). De Witt has the higher median household income ($82,292 vs $76,258 in Crete). Crete has the higher median home value ($203,900 vs $112,200 in De Witt).

Population, income & housing

	Crete	De Witt
Population	7,521	426
Median age	33.2 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,258	$82,292
Median home value	$203,900	$112,200
Median gross rent	$846	$592
Housing units	2,609	214
Homeownership rate	65.6%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crete	De Witt
Population	7,043 → 7,521 (+6.8%)	653 → 426 (-34.8%)
Median household income	$45,717 → $76,258 (+66.8%)	$61,250 → $82,292 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$97,400 → $203,900 (+109.3%)	$76,100 → $112,200 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $846 (+7.9%)	$788 → $592 (-24.9%)

Crete

Population

7,0437,521

Median household income

$45,717$76,258

Median home value

$97,400$203,900

Median gross rent

$784$846

De Witt

Population

653426

Median household income

$61,250$82,292

Median home value

$76,100$112,200

Median gross rent

$788$592

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crete	De Witt
Under 5	5.8%	4.2%
5 to 17	20.2%	21.4%
18 to 24	16.1%	1.6%
25 to 34	10.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.0%	19.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	11.3%
65 to 74	7.7%	14.3%
75 and over	4.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crete	De Witt
White (non-Hispanic)	48.8%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	4.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	44.1%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crete	De Witt
No high school diploma	32.8%	5.8%
High school graduate	26.1%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crete	De Witt
Drove alone	76.5%	80.1%
Carpooled	13.9%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.5%
Worked from home	4.1%	2.4%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crete	De Witt
1-unit, detached	72.5%	97.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Crete	De Witt
Poverty rate	12.3%	3.5%
Average household size	2.87	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1971	1965