De Witt vs Wilber

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

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

Wilber has the higher population (2,178 vs 426 in De Witt). De Witt has the higher median household income ($82,292 vs $80,227 in Wilber). Wilber has the higher median home value ($154,700 vs $112,200 in De Witt).

Population, income & housing

	De Witt	Wilber
Population	426	2,178
Median age	48.1 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$82,292	$80,227
Median home value	$112,200	$154,700
Median gross rent	$592	$815
Housing units	214	797
Homeownership rate	88.5%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Witt	Wilber
Population	653 → 426 (-34.8%)	1,880 → 2,178 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $82,292 (+34.4%)	$52,214 → $80,227 (+53.7%)
Median home value	$76,100 → $112,200 (+47.4%)	$119,000 → $154,700 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $592 (-24.9%)	$631 → $815 (+29.2%)

De Witt

Population

653426

Median household income

$61,250$82,292

Median home value

$76,100$112,200

Median gross rent

$788$592

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)

	De Witt	Wilber
Under 5	4.2%	9.7%
5 to 17	21.4%	18.5%
18 to 24	1.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	9.6%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.8%	16.2%
45 to 54	19.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.3%	10.7%
65 to 74	14.3%	8.9%
75 and over	7.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Witt	Wilber
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	66.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Witt	Wilber
No high school diploma	5.8%	17.3%
High school graduate	34.5%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Witt	Wilber
Drove alone	80.1%	87.8%
Carpooled	16.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Witt	Wilber
1-unit, detached	97.7%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	De Witt	Wilber
Poverty rate	3.5%	8.1%
Average household size	2.23	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1965	1953