Cedar Bluffs vs Valparaiso

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar Bluffs and Valparaiso: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cedar Bluffs has the higher population (760 vs 553 in Valparaiso). Cedar Bluffs has the higher median household income ($82,031 vs $72,750 in Valparaiso). Valparaiso has the higher median home value ($190,500 vs $148,200 in Cedar Bluffs).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Bluffs	Valparaiso
Population	760	553
Median age	40.2 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$82,031	$72,750
Median home value	$148,200	$190,500
Median gross rent	$1,089	$735
Housing units	325	268
Homeownership rate	85.1%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Bluffs	Valparaiso
Population	631 → 760 (+20.4%)	605 → 553 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$55,972 → $82,031 (+46.6%)	$51,488 → $72,750 (+41.3%)
Median home value	$93,300 → $148,200 (+58.8%)	$132,900 → $190,500 (+43.3%)
Median gross rent	$903 → $1,089 (+20.6%)	$804 → $735 (-8.6%)

Cedar Bluffs

Population

631760

Median household income

$55,972$82,031

Median home value

$93,300$148,200

Median gross rent

$903$1,089

Valparaiso

Population

605553

Median household income

$51,488$72,750

Median home value

$132,900$190,500

Median gross rent

$804$735

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Bluffs	Valparaiso
Under 5	6.4%	2.2%
5 to 17	16.8%	15.9%
18 to 24	3.8%	12.5%
25 to 34	19.2%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.9%	7.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	7.0%	7.8%
75 and over	6.2%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Bluffs	Valparaiso
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	97.5%
Black or African American	4.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Bluffs	Valparaiso
No high school diploma	7.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	38.1%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Bluffs	Valparaiso
Drove alone	83.8%	83.3%
Carpooled	2.8%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	8.5%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	6.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Bluffs	Valparaiso
1-unit, detached	98.8%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Bluffs	Valparaiso
Poverty rate	15.2%	4.0%
Average household size	2.64	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1954	1968