Macy vs Thurston

A side-by-side comparison of Macy and Thurston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Macy has the higher population (795 vs 118 in Thurston). Thurston has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $29,219 in Macy). Since 2019, Thurston's population has grown faster (-5.6% vs -19.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Macy	Thurston
Population	795	118
Median age	20.6 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$29,219	$71,250
Median home value	—	$108,600
Median gross rent	$677	$665
Housing units	204	63
Homeownership rate	17.4%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	31.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Macy	Thurston
Population	988 → 795 (-19.5%)	125 → 118 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$24,792 → $29,219 (+17.9%)	$50,833 → $71,250 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$61,700 → $54,300 (-12.0%)	$67,500 → $108,600 (+60.9%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $677 (+10.6%)	$675 → $665 (-1.5%)

Macy

Population

988795

Median household income

$24,792$29,219

Median home value

$61,700$54,300

Median gross rent

$612$677

Thurston

Population

125118

Median household income

$50,833$71,250

Median home value

$67,500$108,600

Median gross rent

$675$665

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Macy	Thurston
Under 5	14.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	31.1%	11.0%
18 to 24	13.5%	2.5%
25 to 34	14.2%	29.7%
35 to 44	7.0%	6.8%
45 to 54	6.9%	5.1%
55 to 64	7.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	3.0%	16.1%
75 and over	2.4%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Macy	Thurston
White (non-Hispanic)	0.9%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	97.4%	1.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Macy	Thurston
No high school diploma	20.2%	6.3%
High school graduate	44.8%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Macy	Thurston
Drove alone	59.9%	94.4%
Carpooled	5.2%	1.4%
Public transit	17.4%	0.0%
Walked	9.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Macy	Thurston
1-unit, detached	60.8%	93.7%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Macy	Thurston
Poverty rate	50.9%	2.5%
Average household size	4.70	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	13	14
Median year structure built	1978	1956