Bellwood vs Rising City

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

Bellwood and Rising City 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 270 in Rising City). Rising City has the higher median household income ($74,375 vs $70,795 in Bellwood). Bellwood has the higher median home value ($116,000 vs $110,000 in Rising City).

Population, income & housing

	Bellwood	Rising City
Population	460	270
Median age	46.5 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,795	$74,375
Median home value	$116,000	$110,000
Median gross rent	$735	$567
Housing units	235	127
Homeownership rate	84.1%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellwood	Rising City
Population	416 → 460 (+10.6%)	428 → 270 (-36.9%)
Median household income	$58,125 → $70,795 (+21.8%)	$59,750 → $74,375 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$87,300 → $116,000 (+32.9%)	$73,900 → $110,000 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $735 (+1.8%)	$619 → $567 (-8.4%)

Bellwood

Population

416460

Median household income

$58,125$70,795

Median home value

$87,300$116,000

Median gross rent

$722$735

Rising City

Population

428270

Median household income

$59,750$74,375

Median home value

$73,900$110,000

Median gross rent

$619$567

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellwood	Rising City
Under 5	2.2%	1.5%
5 to 17	18.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	8.7%	3.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	19.3%
55 to 64	20.9%	20.4%
65 to 74	8.9%	11.1%
75 and over	8.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellwood	Rising City
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	98.9%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellwood	Rising City
No high school diploma	6.0%	4.1%
High school graduate	38.0%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	43.1%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellwood	Rising City
Drove alone	96.3%	79.6%
Carpooled	2.2%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellwood	Rising City
1-unit, detached	74.5%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Bellwood	Rising City
Poverty rate	10.7%	7.2%
Average household size	2.29	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1975	1953