Brainard vs Rising City

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

Brainard and Rising City 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 270 in Rising City). Rising City has the higher median household income ($74,375 vs $73,750 in Brainard). Brainard has the higher median home value ($158,700 vs $110,000 in Rising City).

Population, income & housing

	Brainard	Rising City
Population	279	270
Median age	50.5 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$74,375
Median home value	$158,700	$110,000
Median gross rent	$700	$567
Housing units	173	127
Homeownership rate	82.4%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brainard	Rising City
Population	420 → 279 (-33.6%)	428 → 270 (-36.9%)
Median household income	$61,000 → $73,750 (+20.9%)	$59,750 → $74,375 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$88,800 → $158,700 (+78.7%)	$73,900 → $110,000 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $700 (-2.5%)	$619 → $567 (-8.4%)

Brainard

Population

420279

Median household income

$61,000$73,750

Median home value

$88,800$158,700

Median gross rent

$718$700

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)

	Brainard	Rising City
Under 5	7.2%	1.5%
5 to 17	13.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	3.0%
35 to 44	9.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.4%	19.3%
55 to 64	17.6%	20.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.1%
75 and over	12.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brainard	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brainard	Rising City
No high school diploma	1.5%	4.1%
High school graduate	39.2%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brainard	Rising City
Drove alone	78.8%	79.6%
Carpooled	3.5%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brainard	Rising City
1-unit, detached	93.6%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Brainard	Rising City
Poverty rate	3.9%	7.2%
Average household size	2.05	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1946	1953