Linwood vs Rising City

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

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

Rising City has the higher population (270 vs 110 in Linwood). Rising City has the higher median household income ($74,375 vs $28,929 in Linwood). Since 2019, Linwood's population has grown faster (-28.1% vs -36.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Linwood	Rising City
Population	110	270
Median age	32.5 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$28,929	$74,375
Median home value	—	$110,000
Median gross rent	$1,292	$567
Housing units	64	127
Homeownership rate	75.0%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linwood	Rising City
Population	153 → 110 (-28.1%)	428 → 270 (-36.9%)
Median household income	$39,167 → $28,929 (-26.1%)	$59,750 → $74,375 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$39,200 → $32,500 (-17.1%)	$73,900 → $110,000 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $1,292 (+86.2%)	$619 → $567 (-8.4%)

Linwood

Population

153110

Median household income

$39,167$28,929

Median home value

$39,200$32,500

Median gross rent

$694$1,292

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)

	Linwood	Rising City
Under 5	9.1%	1.5%
5 to 17	29.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	3.0%
35 to 44	0.9%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.0%	19.3%
55 to 64	16.4%	20.4%
65 to 74	17.3%	11.1%
75 and over	4.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linwood	Rising City
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	98.9%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.5%	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	3.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linwood	Rising City
No high school diploma	5.9%	4.1%
High school graduate	25.0%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	54.4%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linwood	Rising City
Drove alone	100.0%	79.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linwood	Rising City
1-unit, detached	78.1%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.9%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Linwood	Rising City
Poverty rate	44.5%	7.2%
Average household size	1.96	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	53	25
Median year structure built	1938	1953