Bellevue vs Papillion

A side-by-side comparison of Bellevue and Papillion: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bellevue has the higher population (64,355 vs 24,063 in Papillion). Papillion has the higher median household income ($109,602 vs $87,343 in Bellevue). Papillion has the higher median home value ($290,900 vs $230,800 in Bellevue).

Population, income & housing

	Bellevue	Papillion
Population	64,355	24,063
Median age	36.1 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$87,343	$109,602
Median home value	$230,800	$290,900
Median gross rent	$1,202	$1,210
Housing units	26,274	9,509
Homeownership rate	65.5%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	48.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellevue	Papillion
Population	53,324 → 64,355 (+20.7%)	20,423 → 24,063 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$65,308 → $87,343 (+33.7%)	$80,619 → $109,602 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$148,900 → $230,800 (+55.0%)	$189,900 → $290,900 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$944 → $1,202 (+27.3%)	$917 → $1,210 (+32.0%)

Bellevue

Population

53,32464,355

Median household income

$65,308$87,343

Median home value

$148,900$230,800

Median gross rent

$944$1,202

Papillion

Population

20,42324,063

Median household income

$80,619$109,602

Median home value

$189,900$290,900

Median gross rent

$917$1,210

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellevue	Papillion
Under 5	6.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.0%	17.1%
18 to 24	9.4%	9.2%
25 to 34	14.4%	11.3%
35 to 44	14.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.9%
65 to 74	8.6%	9.5%
75 and over	6.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellevue	Papillion
White (non-Hispanic)	67.9%	85.3%
Black or African American	5.4%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	3.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellevue	Papillion
No high school diploma	6.8%	4.0%
High school graduate	24.2%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellevue	Papillion
Drove alone	80.0%	78.5%
Carpooled	9.2%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	14.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellevue	Papillion
1-unit, detached	69.2%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	11.5%
20 or more units	8.5%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellevue	Papillion
Poverty rate	7.6%	4.2%
Average household size	2.55	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1980	1990