Chalco vs Papillion

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

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

Papillion has the higher population (24,063 vs 10,625 in Chalco). Papillion has the higher median household income ($109,602 vs $81,427 in Chalco). Papillion has the higher median home value ($290,900 vs $224,400 in Chalco).

Population, income & housing

	Chalco	Papillion
Population	10,625	24,063
Median age	35.1 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,427	$109,602
Median home value	$224,400	$290,900
Median gross rent	$1,103	$1,210
Housing units	4,359	9,509
Homeownership rate	72.6%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	48.1%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chalco	Papillion
Population	10,952 → 10,625 (-3.0%)	20,423 → 24,063 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$80,896 → $81,427 (+0.7%)	$80,619 → $109,602 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$153,100 → $224,400 (+46.6%)	$189,900 → $290,900 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $1,103 (+28.9%)	$917 → $1,210 (+32.0%)

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

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)

	Chalco	Papillion
Under 5	5.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.2%
25 to 34	18.8%	11.3%
35 to 44	16.2%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.9%
65 to 74	7.0%	9.5%
75 and over	2.2%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chalco	Papillion
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	85.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.1%
Asian	2.1%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chalco	Papillion
No high school diploma	3.5%	4.0%
High school graduate	26.0%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chalco	Papillion
Drove alone	85.7%	78.5%
Carpooled	4.9%	5.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	14.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chalco	Papillion
1-unit, detached	75.2%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	11.5%
20 or more units	15.0%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chalco	Papillion
Poverty rate	5.6%	4.2%
Average household size	2.44	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1989	1990