Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Dwight’s median age is 52.4 years, where Nebraska’s towns sit at 37.5 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. Of the 58 Nebraska towns we compare, none has a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Dwight. Dwight has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Where Dwight beats most towns.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Census counts: 184 in 1910, a peak of 323 in 1930, 229 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1914 and 3 maps from 1899 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Dwight, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Dwight.
3.9% of Dwight residents live below the poverty line. For most workers, Dwight is a place to come home to: only 4% work in town. Jobs based in Dwight grew to 37 in 2023, 20 more than in 2013. The typical journey to work for Dwight comes to 25 minutes, above Nebraska’s towns (17 minutes) and close to U.S. towns (25 minutes).
| Dwight | Nebraska towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3.9% | 34% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 3.9% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 17 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect July afternoons of 86° and January nights of 14°, with about 32 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Compared with 63% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Dwight is higher. Expected losses in Dwight break down as 36% from hail and 20% from inland flooding. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Dwight once, in 2008.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
21% of adults binge drink in Dwight. The town beats the Nebraska average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. In Dwight, 17% of adults have been diagnosed with depression, and 28% feel lonely.
| Dwight | Nebraska towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 19% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 30% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 14% | 17% |
| What stands out | Dwight | NE |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.7% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.2% | 12.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The share of households in Dwight who own their home: 79%. Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 4.1% in value.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
1 within 15 miles of the center of Dwight
About 7 of every 100 Dwight residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Nebraska.
Where Dwight’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
2 places in Dwight on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Dwight.
Village in Nebraska, US
Dwight is a village in Butler County, Nebraska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Dwight had a population of 229.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Dwight has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real. Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born here, including Alfredo Ernest Novak and Ernest R. Kouma.
