Pender vs Thurston

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

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

Pender has the higher population (1,262 vs 118 in Thurston). Thurston has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $67,419 in Pender). Pender has the higher median home value ($165,900 vs $108,600 in Thurston).

Population, income & housing

	Pender	Thurston
Population	1,262	118
Median age	39.8 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,419	$71,250
Median home value	$165,900	$108,600
Median gross rent	$880	$665
Housing units	494	63
Homeownership rate	79.5%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pender	Thurston
Population	1,204 → 1,262 (+4.8%)	125 → 118 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$64,167 → $67,419 (+5.1%)	$50,833 → $71,250 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$94,800 → $165,900 (+75.0%)	$67,500 → $108,600 (+60.9%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $880 (+25.7%)	$675 → $665 (-1.5%)

Pender

Population

1,2041,262

Median household income

$64,167$67,419

Median home value

$94,800$165,900

Median gross rent

$700$880

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)

	Pender	Thurston
Under 5	6.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	18.2%	11.0%
18 to 24	10.5%	2.5%
25 to 34	10.1%	29.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	6.8%
45 to 54	10.9%	5.1%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	16.1%
75 and over	10.1%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pender	Thurston
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	1.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pender	Thurston
No high school diploma	4.4%	6.3%
High school graduate	33.0%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pender	Thurston
Drove alone	81.2%	94.4%
Carpooled	10.7%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	2.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pender	Thurston
1-unit, detached	89.7%	93.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Pender	Thurston
Poverty rate	5.0%	2.5%
Average household size	2.69	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	31	14
Median year structure built	1959	1956