Bruno vs Surprise

A side-by-side comparison of Bruno and Surprise: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bruno has the higher population (100 vs 41 in Surprise). Surprise has the higher median household income ($106,563 vs $34,167 in Bruno). Since 2019, Bruno's population has grown faster (-22.5% vs -26.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Bruno	Surprise
Population	100	41
Median age	55.5 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$34,167	$106,563
Median home value	$81,300	—
Median gross rent	$738	—
Housing units	56	17
Homeownership rate	77.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bruno	Surprise
Population	129 → 100 (-22.5%)	56 → 41 (-26.8%)
Median household income	$35,938 → $34,167 (-4.9%)	$46,250 → $106,563 (+130.4%)
Median home value	$73,000 → $81,300 (+11.4%)	$44,500 → $47,000 (+5.6%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $738 (-19.5%)	—

Bruno

Population

129100

Median household income

$35,938$34,167

Median home value

$73,000$81,300

Median gross rent

$917$738

Surprise

Population

5641

Median household income

$46,250$106,563

Median home value

$44,500$47,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bruno	Surprise
Under 5	1.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	17.0%	19.5%
18 to 24	10.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.0%	7.3%
35 to 44	9.0%	14.6%
45 to 54	9.0%	22.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	18.0%	7.3%
75 and over	20.0%	22.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bruno	Surprise
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	53.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	24.4%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	22.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bruno	Surprise
No high school diploma	13.9%	10.0%
High school graduate	43.1%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bruno	Surprise
Drove alone	66.7%	82.4%
Carpooled	25.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	17.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bruno	Surprise
1-unit, detached	96.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bruno	Surprise
Poverty rate	17.0%	12.2%
Average household size	2.08	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1938	1938