Ceresco vs Mead

A side-by-side comparison of Ceresco and Mead: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ceresco has the higher population (1,355 vs 600 in Mead). Ceresco has the higher median household income ($103,906 vs $73,500 in Mead). Ceresco has the higher median home value ($186,300 vs $151,600 in Mead).

Population, income & housing

	Ceresco	Mead
Population	1,355	600
Median age	39.7 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$103,906	$73,500
Median home value	$186,300	$151,600
Median gross rent	$1,075	$1,077
Housing units	459	265
Homeownership rate	89.0%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ceresco	Mead
Population	1,238 → 1,355 (+9.5%)	608 → 600 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$79,028 → $103,906 (+31.5%)	$59,911 → $73,500 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$139,900 → $186,300 (+33.2%)	$133,700 → $151,600 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $1,075 (+46.9%)	$744 → $1,077 (+44.8%)

Ceresco

Population

1,2381,355

Median household income

$79,028$103,906

Median home value

$139,900$186,300

Median gross rent

$732$1,075

Mead

Population

608600

Median household income

$59,911$73,500

Median home value

$133,700$151,600

Median gross rent

$744$1,077

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ceresco	Mead
Under 5	5.7%	8.5%
5 to 17	18.2%	17.5%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	8.7%	20.8%
35 to 44	17.6%	5.8%
45 to 54	7.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.7%
65 to 74	12.1%	10.5%
75 and over	7.9%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ceresco	Mead
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ceresco	Mead
No high school diploma	1.1%	6.9%
High school graduate	27.8%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	53.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ceresco	Mead
Drove alone	79.1%	92.9%
Carpooled	7.1%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ceresco	Mead
1-unit, detached	91.5%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Ceresco	Mead
Poverty rate	3.0%	3.8%
Average household size	3.04	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1973	1961