Gibbon vs Kearney

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

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

Kearney has the higher population (34,024 vs 1,643 in Gibbon). Kearney has the higher median household income ($69,790 vs $69,762 in Gibbon). Kearney has the higher median home value ($235,800 vs $151,700 in Gibbon).

Population, income & housing

	Gibbon	Kearney
Population	1,643	34,024
Median age	36.2 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,762	$69,790
Median home value	$151,700	$235,800
Median gross rent	$683	$922
Housing units	700	14,652
Homeownership rate	72.0%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	36.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gibbon	Kearney
Population	2,080 → 1,643 (-21.0%)	33,464 → 34,024 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$62,548 → $69,762 (+11.5%)	$57,064 → $69,790 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$118,300 → $151,700 (+28.2%)	$178,900 → $235,800 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$815 → $683 (-16.2%)	$767 → $922 (+20.2%)

Gibbon

Population

2,0801,643

Median household income

$62,548$69,762

Median home value

$118,300$151,700

Median gross rent

$815$683

Kearney

Population

33,46434,024

Median household income

$57,064$69,790

Median home value

$178,900$235,800

Median gross rent

$767$922

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gibbon	Kearney
Under 5	8.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	19.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	18.8%
25 to 34	13.8%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	8.8%
55 to 64	13.1%	9.4%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.1%
75 and over	7.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gibbon	Kearney
White (non-Hispanic)	70.8%	82.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	26.7%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gibbon	Kearney
No high school diploma	15.6%	6.7%
High school graduate	34.0%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gibbon	Kearney
Drove alone	82.5%	83.3%
Carpooled	14.2%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.2%
Other means	3.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gibbon	Kearney
1-unit, detached	78.1%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	11.9%
20 or more units	1.0%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Gibbon	Kearney
Poverty rate	7.6%	13.9%
Average household size	2.50	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	21	14
Median year structure built	1968	1981