Crete vs Friend

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

Crete and Friend 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 1,085 in Friend). Friend has the higher median household income ($84,861 vs $76,258 in Crete). Crete has the higher median home value ($203,900 vs $171,200 in Friend).

Population, income & housing

	Crete	Friend
Population	7,521	1,085
Median age	33.2 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,258	$84,861
Median home value	$203,900	$171,200
Median gross rent	$846	$808
Housing units	2,609	491
Homeownership rate	65.6%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crete	Friend
Population	7,043 → 7,521 (+6.8%)	1,176 → 1,085 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$45,717 → $76,258 (+66.8%)	$60,625 → $84,861 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$97,400 → $203,900 (+109.3%)	$122,600 → $171,200 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $846 (+7.9%)	$763 → $808 (+5.9%)

Crete

Population

7,0437,521

Median household income

$45,717$76,258

Median home value

$97,400$203,900

Median gross rent

$784$846

Friend

Population

1,1761,085

Median household income

$60,625$84,861

Median home value

$122,600$171,200

Median gross rent

$763$808

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crete	Friend
Under 5	5.8%	8.2%
5 to 17	20.2%	22.9%
18 to 24	16.1%	8.5%
25 to 34	10.0%	9.4%
35 to 44	12.6%	18.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	8.6%
55 to 64	11.2%	9.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	5.1%
75 and over	4.4%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crete	Friend
White (non-Hispanic)	48.8%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	44.1%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crete	Friend
No high school diploma	32.8%	2.4%
High school graduate	26.1%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crete	Friend
Drove alone	76.5%	80.9%
Carpooled	13.9%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	4.1%	1.8%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crete	Friend
1-unit, detached	72.5%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	0.6%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Crete	Friend
Poverty rate	12.3%	5.7%
Average household size	2.87	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	19	42
Median year structure built	1971	1961