Wayne vs Winside

A side-by-side comparison of Wayne and Winside: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wayne has the higher population (6,055 vs 520 in Winside). Winside has the higher median household income ($66,429 vs $52,804 in Wayne). Wayne has the higher median home value ($198,600 vs $104,200 in Winside).

Population, income & housing

	Wayne	Winside
Population	6,055	520
Median age	23.1 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,804	$66,429
Median home value	$198,600	$104,200
Median gross rent	$707	$875
Housing units	2,237	226
Homeownership rate	55.0%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wayne	Winside
Population	5,557 → 6,055 (+9.0%)	574 → 520 (-9.4%)
Median household income	$40,339 → $52,804 (+30.9%)	$51,750 → $66,429 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$133,000 → $198,600 (+49.3%)	$72,000 → $104,200 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $707 (+9.6%)	$605 → $875 (+44.6%)

Wayne

Population

5,5576,055

Median household income

$40,339$52,804

Median home value

$133,000$198,600

Median gross rent

$645$707

Winside

Population

574520

Median household income

$51,750$66,429

Median home value

$72,000$104,200

Median gross rent

$605$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wayne	Winside
Under 5	4.9%	14.4%
5 to 17	13.2%	17.9%
18 to 24	36.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	9.7%	20.0%
35 to 44	8.6%	8.5%
45 to 54	7.5%	10.2%
55 to 64	8.1%	8.1%
65 to 74	4.8%	6.0%
75 and over	7.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wayne	Winside
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	89.8%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wayne	Winside
No high school diploma	6.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	30.6%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wayne	Winside
Drove alone	73.5%	88.8%
Carpooled	2.6%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.3%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	2.2%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wayne	Winside
1-unit, detached	63.0%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Wayne	Winside
Poverty rate	19.9%	8.3%
Average household size	2.17	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	12	20
Median year structure built	1973	1951