Friend vs Western

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

Friend and Western 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 232 in Western). Friend has the higher median household income ($84,861 vs $46,667 in Western). Friend has the higher median home value ($171,200 vs $61,700 in Western).

Population, income & housing

	Friend	Western
Population	1,085	232
Median age	37.4 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$84,861	$46,667
Median home value	$171,200	$61,700
Median gross rent	$808	$596
Housing units	491	116
Homeownership rate	81.8%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Friend	Western
Population	1,176 → 1,085 (-7.7%)	252 → 232 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$60,625 → $84,861 (+40.0%)	$38,750 → $46,667 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$122,600 → $171,200 (+39.6%)	$46,400 → $61,700 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $808 (+5.9%)	$614 → $596 (-2.9%)

Friend

Population

1,1761,085

Median household income

$60,625$84,861

Median home value

$122,600$171,200

Median gross rent

$763$808

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)

	Friend	Western
Under 5	8.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	22.9%	19.8%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	9.4%	12.1%
35 to 44	18.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	8.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	9.5%	9.1%
65 to 74	5.1%	15.1%
75 and over	9.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Friend	Western
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	5.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Friend	Western
No high school diploma	2.4%	10.4%
High school graduate	27.1%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	42.7%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Friend	Western
Drove alone	80.9%	76.4%
Carpooled	13.1%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Friend	Western
1-unit, detached	91.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Friend	Western
Poverty rate	5.7%	10.3%
Average household size	2.51	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	42	28
Median year structure built	1961	1938