What is the population of Wood River city?

Wood River city has 1,426 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #89 of 593 in Nebraska.

What is the median household income in Wood River city?

Median household income in Wood River city is $76,591 a year, 2.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $820 a month and the median home value is $131,400, so rent absorbs about 12.8% of median household income.

Is Wood River city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wood River city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Wood River, NE population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Wood River, Nebraska (Wood River, NE — Census place “Wood River city”) is 1,426 residents, ranking #89 of 593 places in Nebraska. Median household income is $76,591, the median home is worth $131,400 and median gross rent runs $820 a month. Looking for the Wood River Nebraska ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Wood River, NE: 68883.

Population: 1,426Wood River city residents
Median household income: $76,591Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $131,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $820Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 82.2%Owner-occupied households

Wood River ZIP codes (Nebraska)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Wood River.

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

68883

What the numbers mean in Wood River city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Wood River city median would spend about 12.8% 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 1.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.1% of residents and 82.2% of households own their home.

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

Wood River city, NE in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Wood River city is a small town in Nebraska, with 1,426 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #89 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 85% of them. The median age here is 36.9 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 Wood River city earn a median of $76,591 a year, 2.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 14% above the $67,419 median for the 119 Nebraska cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 10.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Wood River city is valued at $131,400, 56.7% below the national figure and 19% below the $161,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $820 a month, 41.7% below the national figure, or roughly $9,840 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 12.8% 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 1.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 82.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Wood River city?: Wood River city has 1,426 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #89 of 593 in Nebraska.
What is the median household income in Wood River city?: Median household income in Wood River city is $76,591 a year, 2.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wood River city?: Median gross rent is $820 a month and the median home value is $131,400, so rent absorbs about 12.8% of median household income.
Is Wood River city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wood River city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Wood River 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.