Blair vs Herman

A side-by-side comparison of Blair and Herman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blair has the higher population (7,868 vs 355 in Herman). Herman has the higher median household income ($77,869 vs $76,292 in Blair). Blair has the higher median home value ($211,000 vs $113,800 in Herman).

Population, income & housing

	Blair	Herman
Population	7,868	355
Median age	40.2 yrs	21.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,292	$77,869
Median home value	$211,000	$113,800
Median gross rent	$941	$331
Housing units	3,403	155
Homeownership rate	73.9%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blair	Herman
Population	7,781 → 7,868 (+1.1%)	324 → 355 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$51,056 → $76,292 (+49.4%)	$48,438 → $77,869 (+60.8%)
Median home value	$148,500 → $211,000 (+42.1%)	$99,000 → $113,800 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $941 (+30.3%)	$675 → $331 (-51.0%)

Blair

Population

7,7817,868

Median household income

$51,056$76,292

Median home value

$148,500$211,000

Median gross rent

$722$941

Herman

Population

324355

Median household income

$48,438$77,869

Median home value

$99,000$113,800

Median gross rent

$675$331

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blair	Herman
Under 5	7.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.9%	5.1%
18 to 24	7.4%	48.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	7.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	2.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	7.6%
55 to 64	12.8%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.6%	9.3%
75 and over	8.1%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blair	Herman
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blair	Herman
No high school diploma	3.0%	10.1%
High school graduate	26.1%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	50.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blair	Herman
Drove alone	85.8%	68.0%
Carpooled	5.5%	21.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	2.4%
Other means	0.4%	7.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blair	Herman
1-unit, detached	74.3%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	1.3%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Blair	Herman
Poverty rate	9.7%	9.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	21	43
Median year structure built	1971	1941