Elm Creek vs Gibbon

A side-by-side comparison of Elm Creek and Gibbon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gibbon has the higher population (1,643 vs 1,146 in Elm Creek). Elm Creek has the higher median household income ($75,625 vs $69,762 in Gibbon). Elm Creek has the higher median home value ($197,100 vs $151,700 in Gibbon).

Population, income & housing

	Elm Creek	Gibbon
Population	1,146	1,643
Median age	29.4 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,625	$69,762
Median home value	$197,100	$151,700
Median gross rent	$767	$683
Housing units	441	700
Homeownership rate	67.5%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elm Creek	Gibbon
Population	1,134 → 1,146 (+1.1%)	2,080 → 1,643 (-21.0%)
Median household income	$60,375 → $75,625 (+25.3%)	$62,548 → $69,762 (+11.5%)
Median home value	$114,800 → $197,100 (+71.7%)	$118,300 → $151,700 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $767 (-13.6%)	$815 → $683 (-16.2%)

Elm Creek

Population

1,1341,146

Median household income

$60,375$75,625

Median home value

$114,800$197,100

Median gross rent

$888$767

Gibbon

Population

2,0801,643

Median household income

$62,548$69,762

Median home value

$118,300$151,700

Median gross rent

$815$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elm Creek	Gibbon
Under 5	13.9%	8.9%
5 to 17	19.9%	19.0%
18 to 24	10.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	16.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	7.7%	10.6%
55 to 64	10.4%	13.1%
65 to 74	6.0%	8.3%
75 and over	4.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elm Creek	Gibbon
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	70.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	26.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elm Creek	Gibbon
No high school diploma	3.1%	15.6%
High school graduate	30.5%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elm Creek	Gibbon
Drove alone	76.8%	82.5%
Carpooled	10.3%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	0.0%
Other means	1.8%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elm Creek	Gibbon
1-unit, detached	72.8%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Elm Creek	Gibbon
Poverty rate	9.9%	7.6%
Average household size	2.82	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1972	1968