Ceresco vs Valparaiso

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

Ceresco and Valparaiso 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 553 in Valparaiso). Ceresco has the higher median household income ($103,906 vs $72,750 in Valparaiso). Valparaiso has the higher median home value ($190,500 vs $186,300 in Ceresco).

Population, income & housing

	Ceresco	Valparaiso
Population	1,355	553
Median age	39.7 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$103,906	$72,750
Median home value	$186,300	$190,500
Median gross rent	$1,075	$735
Housing units	459	268
Homeownership rate	89.0%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ceresco	Valparaiso
Population	1,238 → 1,355 (+9.5%)	605 → 553 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$79,028 → $103,906 (+31.5%)	$51,488 → $72,750 (+41.3%)
Median home value	$139,900 → $186,300 (+33.2%)	$132,900 → $190,500 (+43.3%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $1,075 (+46.9%)	$804 → $735 (-8.6%)

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

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)

	Ceresco	Valparaiso
Under 5	5.7%	2.2%
5 to 17	18.2%	15.9%
18 to 24	9.0%	12.5%
25 to 34	8.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	17.6%	7.6%
45 to 54	7.6%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.1%	7.8%
75 and over	7.9%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ceresco	Valparaiso
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	1.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ceresco	Valparaiso
No high school diploma	1.1%	8.1%
High school graduate	27.8%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ceresco	Valparaiso
Drove alone	79.1%	83.3%
Carpooled	7.1%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	3.5%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ceresco	Valparaiso
1-unit, detached	91.5%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Ceresco	Valparaiso
Poverty rate	3.0%	4.0%
Average household size	3.04	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1973	1968