Kearney vs Ravenna

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

Kearney and Ravenna 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 1,352 in Ravenna). Kearney has the higher median household income ($69,790 vs $64,844 in Ravenna). Kearney has the higher median home value ($235,800 vs $129,600 in Ravenna).

Population, income & housing

	Kearney	Ravenna
Population	34,024	1,352
Median age	32.4 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,790	$64,844
Median home value	$235,800	$129,600
Median gross rent	$922	$917
Housing units	14,652	668
Homeownership rate	59.1%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.9%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kearney	Ravenna
Population	33,464 → 34,024 (+1.7%)	1,439 → 1,352 (-6.0%)
Median household income	$57,064 → $69,790 (+22.3%)	$50,172 → $64,844 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$178,900 → $235,800 (+31.8%)	$92,400 → $129,600 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $922 (+20.2%)	$611 → $917 (+50.1%)

Kearney

Population

33,46434,024

Median household income

$57,064$69,790

Median home value

$178,900$235,800

Median gross rent

$767$922

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)

	Kearney	Ravenna
Under 5	5.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.2%	14.7%
18 to 24	18.8%	6.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	8.8%	17.2%
55 to 64	9.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.1%	9.1%
75 and over	6.7%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kearney	Ravenna
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	91.8%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kearney	Ravenna
No high school diploma	6.7%	5.9%
High school graduate	24.2%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kearney	Ravenna
Drove alone	83.3%	86.2%
Carpooled	9.3%	7.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	4.2%	2.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kearney	Ravenna
1-unit, detached	57.0%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	1.9%
20 or more units	8.1%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Kearney	Ravenna
Poverty rate	13.9%	13.8%
Average household size	2.34	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	14	21
Median year structure built	1981	1948