Valparaiso vs Yutan

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

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

Yutan has the higher population (1,535 vs 553 in Valparaiso). Yutan has the higher median household income ($89,531 vs $72,750 in Valparaiso). Valparaiso has the higher median home value ($190,500 vs $184,900 in Yutan).

Population, income & housing

	Valparaiso	Yutan
Population	553	1,535
Median age	43.1 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$72,750	$89,531
Median home value	$190,500	$184,900
Median gross rent	$735	$1,441
Housing units	268	579
Homeownership rate	85.6%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Valparaiso	Yutan
Population	605 → 553 (-8.6%)	992 → 1,535 (+54.7%)
Median household income	$51,488 → $72,750 (+41.3%)	$67,031 → $89,531 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$132,900 → $190,500 (+43.3%)	$127,100 → $184,900 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$804 → $735 (-8.6%)	$950 → $1,441 (+51.7%)

Valparaiso

Population

605553

Median household income

$51,488$72,750

Median home value

$132,900$190,500

Median gross rent

$804$735

Yutan

Population

9921,535

Median household income

$67,031$89,531

Median home value

$127,100$184,900

Median gross rent

$950$1,441

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Valparaiso	Yutan
Under 5	2.2%	10.7%
5 to 17	15.9%	19.5%
18 to 24	12.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	7.6%	18.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	9.4%
55 to 64	15.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	7.8%	5.1%
75 and over	14.3%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Valparaiso	Yutan
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Valparaiso	Yutan
No high school diploma	8.1%	4.7%
High school graduate	38.0%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Valparaiso	Yutan
Drove alone	83.3%	84.2%
Carpooled	4.2%	2.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Valparaiso	Yutan
1-unit, detached	91.4%	94.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Valparaiso	Yutan
Poverty rate	4.0%	1.0%
Average household size	2.28	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1968	1974