Thurston vs Walthill

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

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

Walthill has the higher population (889 vs 118 in Thurston). Thurston has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $63,702 in Walthill). Thurston has the higher median home value ($108,600 vs $48,000 in Walthill).

Population, income & housing

	Thurston	Walthill
Population	118	889
Median age	35.5 yrs	24.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,250	$63,702
Median home value	$108,600	$48,000
Median gross rent	$665	$797
Housing units	63	235
Homeownership rate	83.9%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Thurston	Walthill
Population	125 → 118 (-5.6%)	792 → 889 (+12.2%)
Median household income	$50,833 → $71,250 (+40.2%)	$40,972 → $63,702 (+55.5%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $108,600 (+60.9%)	$31,100 → $48,000 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $665 (-1.5%)	$590 → $797 (+35.1%)

Thurston

Population

125118

Median household income

$50,833$71,250

Median home value

$67,500$108,600

Median gross rent

$675$665

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)

	Thurston	Walthill
Under 5	5.9%	10.8%
5 to 17	11.0%	31.3%
18 to 24	2.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	29.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	6.8%	12.1%
45 to 54	5.1%	5.5%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.8%
65 to 74	16.1%	6.9%
75 and over	10.2%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Thurston	Walthill
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	9.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	76.7%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Thurston	Walthill
No high school diploma	6.3%	3.2%
High school graduate	46.3%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Thurston	Walthill
Drove alone	94.4%	72.8%
Carpooled	1.4%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	1.4%	7.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Thurston	Walthill
1-unit, detached	93.7%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Thurston	Walthill
Poverty rate	2.5%	12.3%
Average household size	2.11	4.56
Mean commute (minutes)	14	22
Median year structure built	1956	1962