Crete vs Western

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

Crete and Western 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 232 in Western). Crete has the higher median household income ($76,258 vs $46,667 in Western). Crete has the higher median home value ($203,900 vs $61,700 in Western).

Population, income & housing

	Crete	Western
Population	7,521	232
Median age	33.2 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$76,258	$46,667
Median home value	$203,900	$61,700
Median gross rent	$846	$596
Housing units	2,609	116
Homeownership rate	65.6%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crete	Western
Population	7,043 → 7,521 (+6.8%)	252 → 232 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$45,717 → $76,258 (+66.8%)	$38,750 → $46,667 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$97,400 → $203,900 (+109.3%)	$46,400 → $61,700 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $846 (+7.9%)	$614 → $596 (-2.9%)

Crete

Population

7,0437,521

Median household income

$45,717$76,258

Median home value

$97,400$203,900

Median gross rent

$784$846

Western

Population

252232

Median household income

$38,750$46,667

Median home value

$46,400$61,700

Median gross rent

$614$596

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crete	Western
Under 5	5.8%	3.0%
5 to 17	20.2%	19.8%
18 to 24	16.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.0%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.2%	9.1%
65 to 74	7.7%	15.1%
75 and over	4.4%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crete	Western
White (non-Hispanic)	48.8%	93.5%
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%	5.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	44.1%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crete	Western
No high school diploma	32.8%	10.4%
High school graduate	26.1%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crete	Western
Drove alone	76.5%	76.4%
Carpooled	13.9%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	7.3%
Other means	1.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crete	Western
1-unit, detached	72.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crete	Western
Poverty rate	12.3%	10.3%
Average household size	2.87	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1971	1938