Carleton vs Deshler

A side-by-side comparison of Carleton and Deshler: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Deshler has the higher population (772 vs 180 in Carleton). Carleton has the higher median household income ($79,118 vs $60,000 in Deshler). Deshler has the higher median home value ($96,800 vs $87,300 in Carleton).

Population, income & housing

	Carleton	Deshler
Population	180	772
Median age	27.0 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$79,118	$60,000
Median home value	$87,300	$96,800
Median gross rent	—	$444
Housing units	64	342
Homeownership rate	100.0%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carleton	Deshler
Population	54 → 180 (+233.3%)	817 → 772 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$86,875 → $79,118 (-8.9%)	$48,295 → $60,000 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$63,800 → $87,300 (+36.8%)	$66,000 → $96,800 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$590 → $444 (-24.7%)

Carleton

Population

54180

Median household income

$86,875$79,118

Median home value

$63,800$87,300

Deshler

Population

817772

Median household income

$48,295$60,000

Median home value

$66,000$96,800

Median gross rent

$590$444

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carleton	Deshler
Under 5	8.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.7%	23.1%
18 to 24	18.3%	3.5%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.7%
35 to 44	9.4%	14.4%
45 to 54	21.7%	8.2%
55 to 64	6.1%	6.5%
65 to 74	3.3%	13.7%
75 and over	4.4%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carleton	Deshler
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carleton	Deshler
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.2%
High school graduate	54.5%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carleton	Deshler
Drove alone	64.0%	79.1%
Carpooled	20.2%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	7.6%
Other means	11.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carleton	Deshler
1-unit, detached	100.0%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Carleton	Deshler
Poverty rate	1.1%	6.2%
Average household size	3.21	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	21	14
Median year structure built	1940	1952