Bennington, Nebraska

Population

Down 2.6% since 2020.

1,968

people, the 61st-largest of Nebraska's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Nebraska's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The workday

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

98.8%

of 600 jobs located in Bennington are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

Rent

Median rent is up 113% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,516

a month. Nebraska's median is $1,072.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $2,380 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Douglas County.

• $1,121 Tract 74.43
• $3,501 Tract 74.74

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Room to build

The median rent is above what local wages can carry.

$729–$1,093

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $1,516 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

47% of the housing here was built before 2000.

• 47% of all homes were built before 2000

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.2–0.5% to the 1,101 homes here.

2–6

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 40% more than Nebraska's.

$333,100

median home value in Bennington.

• $333,100 Bennington
• $238,600 Nebraska
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year