Brainard vs Linwood

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

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

Brainard has the higher population (279 vs 110 in Linwood). Brainard has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $28,929 in Linwood). Since 2019, Linwood's population has grown faster (-28.1% vs -33.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Brainard	Linwood
Population	279	110
Median age	50.5 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$28,929
Median home value	$158,700	—
Median gross rent	$700	$1,292
Housing units	173	64
Homeownership rate	82.4%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brainard	Linwood
Population	420 → 279 (-33.6%)	153 → 110 (-28.1%)
Median household income	$61,000 → $73,750 (+20.9%)	$39,167 → $28,929 (-26.1%)
Median home value	$88,800 → $158,700 (+78.7%)	$39,200 → $32,500 (-17.1%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $700 (-2.5%)	$694 → $1,292 (+86.2%)

Brainard

Population

420279

Median household income

$61,000$73,750

Median home value

$88,800$158,700

Median gross rent

$718$700

Linwood

Population

153110

Median household income

$39,167$28,929

Median home value

$39,200$32,500

Median gross rent

$694$1,292

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brainard	Linwood
Under 5	7.2%	9.1%
5 to 17	13.3%	29.1%
18 to 24	6.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	12.7%
35 to 44	9.3%	0.9%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.0%
55 to 64	17.6%	16.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	17.3%
75 and over	12.2%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brainard	Linwood
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	88.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brainard	Linwood
No high school diploma	1.5%	5.9%
High school graduate	39.2%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brainard	Linwood
Drove alone	78.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	3.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brainard	Linwood
1-unit, detached	93.6%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	21.9%

Poverty & households

	Brainard	Linwood
Poverty rate	3.9%	44.5%
Average household size	2.05	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	22	53
Median year structure built	1946	1938