† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupWayneNebraskaUnited States
German41.7%31.0%12.5%
Irish10.1%11.7%9.4%
Swedish5.5%3.1%—
English5.3%9.4%9.5%
Czech3.5%3.4%—
American3.4%3.5%5.3%
Italian1.9%2.1%4.8%
French1.8%—1.6%
Mexican7.0%8.7%11.3%
Salvadoran4.2%0.6%0.7%
Honduran1.1%0.2%0.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.3%1.8%
Argentinean0.3%——
African American†0.8%3.7%9.9%
Ghanaian0.3%——
Ethiopian0.2%——
South African0.2%——
West Indian0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Wayne
Nebraska
United States
Median age
23.2
37.3
39.1
Age 18–24
36.7%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
12.0%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Wayne
Nebraska
United States
Median household income
$53,702
$76,475
$84,427
Poverty rate
19.9%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
35.6%
34.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Wayne
Nebraska
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
13.3%
12.8%
22.3%
Spanish
10.7%
8.5%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Wayne
Nebraska
United States
Catholic
—
19.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
14.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
50.8%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Wayne, Nebraska
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−33.5%
2008
−14.5%
2012
−21.0%
2016
−30.0%
2020
−25.2%
2024
−27.3%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
35.6%Harris704
62.9%Trump1,244
1.6%
R+27.3
R+2.1
R+25.8
1,979
R
35.6%Biden729
60.8%Trump1,245
3.7%
R+25.2
D+4.8
R+29.6
2,049
R
30.8%Clinton553
60.8%Trump1,092
8.4%
R+30.0
R+9.0
R+32.1
1,796
R
37.9%Obama655
58.9%Romney1,017
3.1%
R+21.0
R+6.5
R+24.8
1,726
R
41.4%Obama787
55.9%McCain1,062
2.6%
R+14.5
D+19.0
R+21.8
1,899
R
33.1%Kerry626
66.6%Bush1,260
0.3%
R+33.5
—
R+31.1
1,892
Wayne City sits in Wayne County, where Republican presidential candidates have routinely cleared 70% of the vote over the past decade, reflecting the deeply conservative lean typical of Nebraska's rural northeast corner.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 33.5 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 27.3 points.
A population of 6,121, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,702 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Seward and Box Elder.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Wayne, Nebraska voted Republican by 27.3 points (R+27.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,979 votes cast, 704 went Democratic and 1,244 went Republican.
How many people live in Wayne, Nebraska?
Wayne, Nebraska has a population of 6,121 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wayne, Nebraska?
Median household income in Wayne, Nebraska is $53,702 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Wayne, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Wayne, Nebraska from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
