Dawson, Nebraska

Population

Down 4.9% since 2020.

137

people, the 377th-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

Rent

Median rent is up 80% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$700

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 jumps $189.

A $189 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Richardson County.

• $525 Tract 9685
• $714 Tract 9686

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

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 92% 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

Home value

A median home costs 84% less than Nebraska's.

$38,800

median home value in Dawson.

• $38,800 Dawson
• $238,600 Nebraska
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2015-2019. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year