Crete vs Wilber

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

Crete and Wilber 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 2,178 in Wilber). Wilber has the higher median household income ($80,227 vs $76,258 in Crete). Crete has the higher median home value ($203,900 vs $154,700 in Wilber).

Population, income & housing

	Crete	Wilber
Population	7,521	2,178
Median age	33.2 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,258	$80,227
Median home value	$203,900	$154,700
Median gross rent	$846	$815
Housing units	2,609	797
Homeownership rate	65.6%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crete	Wilber
Population	7,043 → 7,521 (+6.8%)	1,880 → 2,178 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$45,717 → $76,258 (+66.8%)	$52,214 → $80,227 (+53.7%)
Median home value	$97,400 → $203,900 (+109.3%)	$119,000 → $154,700 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $846 (+7.9%)	$631 → $815 (+29.2%)

Crete

Population

7,0437,521

Median household income

$45,717$76,258

Median home value

$97,400$203,900

Median gross rent

$784$846

Wilber

Population

1,8802,178

Median household income

$52,214$80,227

Median home value

$119,000$154,700

Median gross rent

$631$815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crete	Wilber
Under 5	5.8%	9.7%
5 to 17	20.2%	18.5%
18 to 24	16.1%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	16.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.2%	10.7%
65 to 74	7.7%	8.9%
75 and over	4.4%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crete	Wilber
White (non-Hispanic)	48.8%	66.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	4.6%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	44.1%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crete	Wilber
No high school diploma	32.8%	17.3%
High school graduate	26.1%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crete	Wilber
Drove alone	76.5%	87.8%
Carpooled	13.9%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	3.8%
Other means	1.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crete	Wilber
1-unit, detached	72.5%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	1.6%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Crete	Wilber
Poverty rate	12.3%	8.1%
Average household size	2.87	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1971	1953