Ithaca vs Valparaiso

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

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

Valparaiso has the higher population (553 vs 145 in Ithaca). Valparaiso has the higher median home value ($190,500 vs $157,400 in Ithaca). Since 2019, Ithaca's population has grown faster (+18.9% vs -8.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Ithaca	Valparaiso
Population	145	553
Median age	55.5 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$72,750
Median home value	$157,400	$190,500
Median gross rent	$860	$735
Housing units	83	268
Homeownership rate	84.0%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ithaca	Valparaiso
Population	122 → 145 (+18.9%)	605 → 553 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $35,938 (-38.8%)	$51,488 → $72,750 (+41.3%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $157,400 (+61.4%)	$132,900 → $190,500 (+43.3%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $860 (+1.2%)	$804 → $735 (-8.6%)

Ithaca

Population

122145

Median household income

$58,750$35,938

Median home value

$97,500$157,400

Median gross rent

$850$860

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)

	Ithaca	Valparaiso
Under 5	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 17	13.8%	15.9%
18 to 24	2.1%	12.5%
25 to 34	6.9%	13.7%
35 to 44	15.2%	7.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.5%
55 to 64	20.0%	15.6%
65 to 74	24.8%	7.8%
75 and over	5.5%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ithaca	Valparaiso
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ithaca	Valparaiso
No high school diploma	21.3%	8.1%
High school graduate	27.9%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ithaca	Valparaiso
Drove alone	84.1%	83.3%
Carpooled	11.4%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ithaca	Valparaiso
1-unit, detached	97.6%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Ithaca	Valparaiso
Poverty rate	5.5%	4.0%
Average household size	1.93	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1969	1968