Elgin vs Orchard

A side-by-side comparison of Elgin and Orchard: population, income, housing, and more.

Elgin and Orchard are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elgin has the higher population (620 vs 346 in Orchard). Elgin has the higher median household income ($53,661 vs $48,281 in Orchard). Elgin has the higher median home value ($98,000 vs $77,900 in Orchard).

Population, income & housing

	Elgin	Orchard
Population	620	346
Median age	51.9 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,661	$48,281
Median home value	$98,000	$77,900
Median gross rent	$675	$850
Housing units	380	186
Homeownership rate	82.2%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elgin	Orchard
Population	720 → 620 (-13.9%)	524 → 346 (-34.0%)
Median household income	$58,421 → $53,661 (-8.1%)	$43,958 → $48,281 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$77,900 → $98,000 (+25.8%)	$53,000 → $77,900 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $675 (+8.0%)	$650 → $850 (+30.8%)

Elgin

Population

720620

Median household income

$58,421$53,661

Median home value

$77,900$98,000

Median gross rent

$625$675

Orchard

Population

524346

Median household income

$43,958$48,281

Median home value

$53,000$77,900

Median gross rent

$650$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elgin	Orchard
Under 5	5.6%	8.7%
5 to 17	12.6%	24.9%
18 to 24	4.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	17.4%	9.0%
35 to 44	7.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	6.5%	5.8%
55 to 64	12.3%	11.6%
65 to 74	13.1%	10.1%
75 and over	21.0%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elgin	Orchard
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elgin	Orchard
No high school diploma	3.5%	4.8%
High school graduate	39.0%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elgin	Orchard
Drove alone	88.0%	81.8%
Carpooled	4.5%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	2.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elgin	Orchard
1-unit, detached	92.4%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Elgin	Orchard
Poverty rate	8.9%	26.9%
Average household size	1.84	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1961	1957