Gering vs Minatare

A side-by-side comparison of Gering and Minatare: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gering has the higher population (8,567 vs 731 in Minatare). Gering has the higher median household income ($70,244 vs $45,938 in Minatare). Gering has the higher median home value ($170,700 vs $76,100 in Minatare).

Population, income & housing

	Gering	Minatare
Population	8,567	731
Median age	37.4 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,244	$45,938
Median home value	$170,700	$76,100
Median gross rent	$818	—
Housing units	3,586	350
Homeownership rate	73.5%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	18.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gering	Minatare
Population	8,254 → 8,567 (+3.8%)	896 → 731 (-18.4%)
Median household income	$56,907 → $70,244 (+23.4%)	$42,938 → $45,938 (+7.0%)
Median home value	$138,200 → $170,700 (+23.5%)	$60,100 → $76,100 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $818 (-1.8%)	$625 → $541 (-13.4%)

Gering

Population

8,2548,567

Median household income

$56,907$70,244

Median home value

$138,200$170,700

Median gross rent

$833$818

Minatare

Population

896731

Median household income

$42,938$45,938

Median home value

$60,100$76,100

Median gross rent

$625$541

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gering	Minatare
Under 5	7.6%	7.7%
5 to 17	18.6%	11.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	9.4%
25 to 34	15.2%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.1%	14.0%
45 to 54	9.5%	19.2%
55 to 64	10.7%	9.7%
65 to 74	13.3%	4.4%
75 and over	7.7%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gering	Minatare
White (non-Hispanic)	69.3%	59.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	25.0%	40.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gering	Minatare
No high school diploma	9.2%	19.8%
High school graduate	28.0%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gering	Minatare
Drove alone	83.8%	86.8%
Carpooled	10.5%	9.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	3.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gering	Minatare
1-unit, detached	76.0%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	14.0%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	3.1%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Gering	Minatare
Poverty rate	12.8%	20.2%
Average household size	2.41	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	13	17
Median year structure built	1973	1965