Friend vs Wilber

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

Friend 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 1,085 in Friend). Friend has the higher median household income ($84,861 vs $80,227 in Wilber). Friend has the higher median home value ($171,200 vs $154,700 in Wilber).

Population, income & housing

	Friend	Wilber
Population	1,085	2,178
Median age	37.4 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$84,861	$80,227
Median home value	$171,200	$154,700
Median gross rent	$808	$815
Housing units	491	797
Homeownership rate	81.8%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Friend	Wilber
Population	1,176 → 1,085 (-7.7%)	1,880 → 2,178 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$60,625 → $84,861 (+40.0%)	$52,214 → $80,227 (+53.7%)
Median home value	$122,600 → $171,200 (+39.6%)	$119,000 → $154,700 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $808 (+5.9%)	$631 → $815 (+29.2%)

Friend

Population

1,1761,085

Median household income

$60,625$84,861

Median home value

$122,600$171,200

Median gross rent

$763$808

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)

	Friend	Wilber
Under 5	8.2%	9.7%
5 to 17	22.9%	18.5%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.8%
25 to 34	9.4%	10.3%
35 to 44	18.6%	16.2%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	9.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	5.1%	8.9%
75 and over	9.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Friend	Wilber
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	66.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Friend	Wilber
No high school diploma	2.4%	17.3%
High school graduate	27.1%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	42.7%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Friend	Wilber
Drove alone	80.9%	87.8%
Carpooled	13.1%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Friend	Wilber
1-unit, detached	91.9%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Friend	Wilber
Poverty rate	5.7%	8.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	42	18
Median year structure built	1961	1953