Chalco vs La Vista

A side-by-side comparison of Chalco and La Vista: population, income, housing, and more.

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

La Vista has the higher population (16,594 vs 10,625 in Chalco). Chalco has the higher median household income ($81,427 vs $78,145 in La Vista). La Vista has the higher median home value ($244,900 vs $224,400 in Chalco).

Population, income & housing

	Chalco	La Vista
Population	10,625	16,594
Median age	35.1 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,427	$78,145
Median home value	$224,400	$244,900
Median gross rent	$1,103	$1,267
Housing units	4,359	7,293
Homeownership rate	72.6%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chalco	La Vista
Population	10,952 → 10,625 (-3.0%)	17,078 → 16,594 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$80,896 → $81,427 (+0.7%)	$68,551 → $78,145 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$153,100 → $224,400 (+46.6%)	$154,300 → $244,900 (+58.7%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $1,103 (+28.9%)	$1,030 → $1,267 (+23.0%)

Chalco

Population

10,95210,625

Median household income

$80,896$81,427

Median home value

$153,100$224,400

Median gross rent

$856$1,103

La Vista

Population

17,07816,594

Median household income

$68,551$78,145

Median home value

$154,300$244,900

Median gross rent

$1,030$1,267

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chalco	La Vista
Under 5	5.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.7%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.5%	10.7%
25 to 34	18.8%	17.0%
35 to 44	16.2%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.6%	15.1%
55 to 64	14.2%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.0%	8.8%
75 and over	2.2%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chalco	La Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	77.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.2%
Asian	2.1%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chalco	La Vista
No high school diploma	3.5%	3.7%
High school graduate	26.0%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chalco	La Vista
Drove alone	85.7%	77.8%
Carpooled	4.9%	7.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.6%
Walked	0.3%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	13.4%
Other means	0.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chalco	La Vista
1-unit, detached	75.2%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	25.7%
20 or more units	15.0%	12.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chalco	La Vista
Poverty rate	5.6%	5.6%
Average household size	2.44	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1989	1992