Prague vs Valparaiso

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

Prague 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 366 in Prague). Prague has the higher median household income ($92,857 vs $72,750 in Valparaiso). Valparaiso has the higher median home value ($190,500 vs $95,500 in Prague).

Population, income & housing

	Prague	Valparaiso
Population	366	553
Median age	40.5 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$92,857	$72,750
Median home value	$95,500	$190,500
Median gross rent	—	$735
Housing units	177	268
Homeownership rate	87.8%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prague	Valparaiso
Population	345 → 366 (+6.1%)	605 → 553 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$45,500 → $92,857 (+104.1%)	$51,488 → $72,750 (+41.3%)
Median home value	$71,900 → $95,500 (+32.8%)	$132,900 → $190,500 (+43.3%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $1,042 (+41.2%)	$804 → $735 (-8.6%)

Prague

Population

345366

Median household income

$45,500$92,857

Median home value

$71,900$95,500

Median gross rent

$738$1,042

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)

	Prague	Valparaiso
Under 5	5.2%	2.2%
5 to 17	8.2%	15.9%
18 to 24	18.0%	12.5%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	9.8%	7.6%
45 to 54	14.2%	10.5%
55 to 64	16.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	7.8%
75 and over	4.9%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prague	Valparaiso
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prague	Valparaiso
No high school diploma	5.6%	8.1%
High school graduate	46.6%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prague	Valparaiso
Drove alone	78.2%	83.3%
Carpooled	4.9%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	8.0%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	6.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prague	Valparaiso
1-unit, detached	92.7%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Prague	Valparaiso
Poverty rate	5.0%	4.0%
Average household size	2.47	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1945	1968