What is the population of Wahoo city?

Wahoo city has 4,885 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #35 of 593 in Nebraska.

What is the median household income in Wahoo city?

Median household income in Wahoo city is $81,544 a year, 3.8% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wahoo city?

Median gross rent is $913 a month and the median home value is $227,100, so rent absorbs about 13.4% of median household income.

Is Wahoo city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wahoo city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Wahoo, NE population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Wahoo, Nebraska (Wahoo, NE — Census place “Wahoo city”) is 4,885 residents, ranking #35 of 593 places in Nebraska. Median household income is $81,544, the median home is worth $227,100 and median gross rent runs $913 a month. Looking for the Wahoo Nebraska ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Wahoo, NE: 68066.

Population: 4,885Wahoo city residents
Median household income: $81,544Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $227,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $913Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 68%Owner-occupied households

Wahoo ZIP codes (Nebraska)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Wahoo.

The Wahoo NE ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

68066

What the numbers mean in Wahoo city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Wahoo city median would spend about 13.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.3% of residents and 68% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Wahoo city, NE in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Wahoo city is a small town in Nebraska, with 4,885 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #35 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 94% of them. The median age here is 36.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Wahoo city earn a median of $81,544 a year, 3.8% above the national figure of $78,538 and 21% above the $67,419 median for the 119 Nebraska cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 12.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Wahoo city is valued at $227,100, 25.1% below the national figure and 40% above the $161,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $913 a month, 35.1% below the national figure, or roughly $10,956 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 13.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 68% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Wahoo city?: Wahoo city has 4,885 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #35 of 593 in Nebraska.
What is the median household income in Wahoo city?: Median household income in Wahoo city is $81,544 a year, 3.8% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wahoo city?: Median gross rent is $913 a month and the median home value is $227,100, so rent absorbs about 13.4% of median household income.
Is Wahoo city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wahoo city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Wahoo city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.