Elm Creek vs Ravenna

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

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

Ravenna has the higher population (1,352 vs 1,146 in Elm Creek). Elm Creek has the higher median household income ($75,625 vs $64,844 in Ravenna). Elm Creek has the higher median home value ($197,100 vs $129,600 in Ravenna).

Population, income & housing

	Elm Creek	Ravenna
Population	1,146	1,352
Median age	29.4 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$75,625	$64,844
Median home value	$197,100	$129,600
Median gross rent	$767	$917
Housing units	441	668
Homeownership rate	67.5%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elm Creek	Ravenna
Population	1,134 → 1,146 (+1.1%)	1,439 → 1,352 (-6.0%)
Median household income	$60,375 → $75,625 (+25.3%)	$50,172 → $64,844 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$114,800 → $197,100 (+71.7%)	$92,400 → $129,600 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $767 (-13.6%)	$611 → $917 (+50.1%)

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

Ravenna

Population

1,4391,352

Median household income

$50,172$64,844

Median home value

$92,400$129,600

Median gross rent

$611$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elm Creek	Ravenna
Under 5	13.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	19.9%	14.7%
18 to 24	10.2%	6.5%
25 to 34	16.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.9%
45 to 54	7.7%	17.2%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	6.0%	9.1%
75 and over	4.2%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elm Creek	Ravenna
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
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%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elm Creek	Ravenna
No high school diploma	3.1%	5.9%
High school graduate	30.5%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elm Creek	Ravenna
Drove alone	76.8%	86.2%
Carpooled	10.3%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	4.2%	2.5%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elm Creek	Ravenna
1-unit, detached	72.8%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Elm Creek	Ravenna
Poverty rate	9.9%	13.8%
Average household size	2.82	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1972	1948