De Witt vs Friend

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

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

Friend has the higher population (1,085 vs 426 in De Witt). Friend has the higher median household income ($84,861 vs $82,292 in De Witt). Friend has the higher median home value ($171,200 vs $112,200 in De Witt).

Population, income & housing

	De Witt	Friend
Population	426	1,085
Median age	48.1 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$82,292	$84,861
Median home value	$112,200	$171,200
Median gross rent	$592	$808
Housing units	214	491
Homeownership rate	88.5%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Witt	Friend
Population	653 → 426 (-34.8%)	1,176 → 1,085 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $82,292 (+34.4%)	$60,625 → $84,861 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$76,100 → $112,200 (+47.4%)	$122,600 → $171,200 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $592 (-24.9%)	$763 → $808 (+5.9%)

De Witt

Population

653426

Median household income

$61,250$82,292

Median home value

$76,100$112,200

Median gross rent

$788$592

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)

	De Witt	Friend
Under 5	4.2%	8.2%
5 to 17	21.4%	22.9%
18 to 24	1.6%	8.5%
25 to 34	9.6%	9.4%
35 to 44	10.8%	18.6%
45 to 54	19.0%	8.6%
55 to 64	11.3%	9.5%
65 to 74	14.3%	5.1%
75 and over	7.7%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Witt	Friend
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	7.5%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Witt	Friend
No high school diploma	5.8%	2.4%
High school graduate	34.5%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Witt	Friend
Drove alone	80.1%	80.9%
Carpooled	16.0%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.4%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Witt	Friend
1-unit, detached	97.7%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	De Witt	Friend
Poverty rate	3.5%	5.7%
Average household size	2.23	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	27	42
Median year structure built	1965	1961