Blair vs Washington

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

Blair and Washington 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 178 in Washington). Washington has the higher median household income ($88,333 vs $76,292 in Blair). Blair has the higher median home value ($211,000 vs $184,700 in Washington).

Population, income & housing

	Blair	Washington
Population	7,868	178
Median age	40.2 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,292	$88,333
Median home value	$211,000	$184,700
Median gross rent	$941	—
Housing units	3,403	85
Homeownership rate	73.9%	97.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blair	Washington
Population	7,781 → 7,868 (+1.1%)	85 → 178 (+109.4%)
Median household income	$51,056 → $76,292 (+49.4%)	$63,333 → $88,333 (+39.5%)
Median home value	$148,500 → $211,000 (+42.1%)	$145,000 → $184,700 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $941 (+30.3%)	—

Blair

Population

7,7817,868

Median household income

$51,056$76,292

Median home value

$148,500$211,000

Median gross rent

$722$941

Washington

Population

85178

Median household income

$63,333$88,333

Median home value

$145,000$184,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blair	Washington
Under 5	7.7%	1.7%
5 to 17	16.9%	19.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	2.2%
25 to 34	12.5%	28.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	5.6%
55 to 64	12.8%	18.0%
65 to 74	11.6%	7.9%
75 and over	8.1%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blair	Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	99.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blair	Washington
No high school diploma	3.0%	1.5%
High school graduate	26.1%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	44.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blair	Washington
Drove alone	85.8%	90.3%
Carpooled	5.5%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	7.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blair	Washington
1-unit, detached	74.3%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Blair	Washington
Poverty rate	9.7%	9.0%
Average household size	2.35	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	21	34
Median year structure built	1971	1972