De Witt vs Western

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

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

De Witt has the higher population (426 vs 232 in Western). De Witt has the higher median household income ($82,292 vs $46,667 in Western). De Witt has the higher median home value ($112,200 vs $61,700 in Western).

Population, income & housing

	De Witt	Western
Population	426	232
Median age	48.1 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$82,292	$46,667
Median home value	$112,200	$61,700
Median gross rent	$592	$596
Housing units	214	116
Homeownership rate	88.5%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Witt	Western
Population	653 → 426 (-34.8%)	252 → 232 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $82,292 (+34.4%)	$38,750 → $46,667 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$76,100 → $112,200 (+47.4%)	$46,400 → $61,700 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $592 (-24.9%)	$614 → $596 (-2.9%)

De Witt

Population

653426

Median household income

$61,250$82,292

Median home value

$76,100$112,200

Median gross rent

$788$592

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)

	De Witt	Western
Under 5	4.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	21.4%	19.8%
18 to 24	1.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	12.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.9%
45 to 54	19.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.3%	9.1%
65 to 74	14.3%	15.1%
75 and over	7.7%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Witt	Western
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	93.5%
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%	5.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Witt	Western
No high school diploma	5.8%	10.4%
High school graduate	34.5%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Witt	Western
Drove alone	80.1%	76.4%
Carpooled	16.0%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Witt	Western
1-unit, detached	97.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	De Witt	Western
Poverty rate	3.5%	10.3%
Average household size	2.23	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1965	1938