Gering vs Terrytown

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

Gering and Terrytown 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 730 in Terrytown). Gering has the higher median household income ($70,244 vs $43,750 in Terrytown). Gering has the higher median home value ($170,700 vs $100,000 in Terrytown).

Population, income & housing

	Gering	Terrytown
Population	8,567	730
Median age	37.4 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,244	$43,750
Median home value	$170,700	$100,000
Median gross rent	$818	$786
Housing units	3,586	353
Homeownership rate	73.5%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gering	Terrytown
Population	8,254 → 8,567 (+3.8%)	1,195 → 730 (-38.9%)
Median household income	$56,907 → $70,244 (+23.4%)	$36,875 → $43,750 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$138,200 → $170,700 (+23.5%)	$79,800 → $100,000 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $818 (-1.8%)	$642 → $786 (+22.4%)

Gering

Population

8,2548,567

Median household income

$56,907$70,244

Median home value

$138,200$170,700

Median gross rent

$833$818

Terrytown

Population

1,195730

Median household income

$36,875$43,750

Median home value

$79,800$100,000

Median gross rent

$642$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gering	Terrytown
Under 5	7.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.6%	21.1%
18 to 24	6.2%	5.1%
25 to 34	15.2%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	15.3%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.7%	16.2%
65 to 74	13.3%	10.0%
75 and over	7.7%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gering	Terrytown
White (non-Hispanic)	69.3%	58.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	2.5%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	25.0%	34.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gering	Terrytown
No high school diploma	9.2%	20.2%
High school graduate	28.0%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gering	Terrytown
Drove alone	83.8%	78.5%
Carpooled	10.5%	3.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	2.2%	12.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gering	Terrytown
1-unit, detached	76.0%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	20.7%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.8%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Gering	Terrytown
Poverty rate	12.8%	33.6%
Average household size	2.41	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	13	20
Median year structure built	1973	1970