Bellwood vs Brainard

A side-by-side comparison of Bellwood and Brainard: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bellwood has the higher population (460 vs 279 in Brainard). Brainard has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $70,795 in Bellwood). Brainard has the higher median home value ($158,700 vs $116,000 in Bellwood).

Population, income & housing

	Bellwood	Brainard
Population	460	279
Median age	46.5 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,795	$73,750
Median home value	$116,000	$158,700
Median gross rent	$735	$700
Housing units	235	173
Homeownership rate	84.1%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellwood	Brainard
Population	416 → 460 (+10.6%)	420 → 279 (-33.6%)
Median household income	$58,125 → $70,795 (+21.8%)	$61,000 → $73,750 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$87,300 → $116,000 (+32.9%)	$88,800 → $158,700 (+78.7%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $735 (+1.8%)	$718 → $700 (-2.5%)

Bellwood

Population

416460

Median household income

$58,125$70,795

Median home value

$87,300$116,000

Median gross rent

$722$735

Brainard

Population

420279

Median household income

$61,000$73,750

Median home value

$88,800$158,700

Median gross rent

$718$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellwood	Brainard
Under 5	2.2%	7.2%
5 to 17	18.3%	13.3%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	8.7%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	9.3%
45 to 54	13.7%	10.4%
55 to 64	20.9%	17.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	12.2%
75 and over	8.0%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellwood	Brainard
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	96.1%
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%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellwood	Brainard
No high school diploma	6.0%	1.5%
High school graduate	38.0%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	43.1%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellwood	Brainard
Drove alone	96.3%	78.8%
Carpooled	2.2%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellwood	Brainard
1-unit, detached	74.5%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellwood	Brainard
Poverty rate	10.7%	3.9%
Average household size	2.29	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1975	1946