Pender vs Walthill

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

Pender and Walthill 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 889 in Walthill). Pender has the higher median household income ($67,419 vs $63,702 in Walthill). Pender has the higher median home value ($165,900 vs $48,000 in Walthill).

Population, income & housing

	Pender	Walthill
Population	1,262	889
Median age	39.8 yrs	24.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,419	$63,702
Median home value	$165,900	$48,000
Median gross rent	$880	$797
Housing units	494	235
Homeownership rate	79.5%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	13.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pender	Walthill
Population	1,204 → 1,262 (+4.8%)	792 → 889 (+12.2%)
Median household income	$64,167 → $67,419 (+5.1%)	$40,972 → $63,702 (+55.5%)
Median home value	$94,800 → $165,900 (+75.0%)	$31,100 → $48,000 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $880 (+25.7%)	$590 → $797 (+35.1%)

Pender

Population

1,2041,262

Median household income

$64,167$67,419

Median home value

$94,800$165,900

Median gross rent

$700$880

Walthill

Population

792889

Median household income

$40,972$63,702

Median home value

$31,100$48,000

Median gross rent

$590$797

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pender	Walthill
Under 5	6.9%	10.8%
5 to 17	18.2%	31.3%
18 to 24	10.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	10.1%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	5.5%
55 to 64	11.5%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.3%	6.9%
75 and over	10.1%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pender	Walthill
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	9.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	76.7%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pender	Walthill
No high school diploma	4.4%	3.2%
High school graduate	33.0%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pender	Walthill
Drove alone	81.2%	72.8%
Carpooled	10.7%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	5.3%	7.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	6.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pender	Walthill
1-unit, detached	89.7%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	13.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Pender	Walthill
Poverty rate	5.0%	12.3%
Average household size	2.69	4.56
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	1959	1962