Linwood vs Surprise

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

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

Linwood has the higher population (110 vs 41 in Surprise). Surprise has the higher median household income ($106,563 vs $28,929 in Linwood). Since 2019, Surprise's population has grown faster (-26.8% vs -28.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Linwood	Surprise
Population	110	41
Median age	32.5 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$28,929	$106,563
Median gross rent	$1,292	—
Housing units	64	17
Homeownership rate	75.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linwood	Surprise
Population	153 → 110 (-28.1%)	56 → 41 (-26.8%)
Median household income	$39,167 → $28,929 (-26.1%)	$46,250 → $106,563 (+130.4%)
Median home value	$39,200 → $32,500 (-17.1%)	$44,500 → $47,000 (+5.6%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $1,292 (+86.2%)	—

Linwood

Population

153110

Median household income

$39,167$28,929

Median home value

$39,200$32,500

Median gross rent

$694$1,292

Surprise

Population

5641

Median household income

$46,250$106,563

Median home value

$44,500$47,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linwood	Surprise
Under 5	9.1%	7.3%
5 to 17	29.1%	19.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	7.3%
35 to 44	0.9%	14.6%
45 to 54	10.0%	22.0%
55 to 64	16.4%	0.0%
65 to 74	17.3%	7.3%
75 and over	4.5%	22.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linwood	Surprise
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	53.7%
Black or African American	1.8%	24.4%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	22.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linwood	Surprise
No high school diploma	5.9%	10.0%
High school graduate	25.0%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	54.4%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linwood	Surprise
Drove alone	100.0%	82.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	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)

	Linwood	Surprise
1-unit, detached	78.1%	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	21.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Linwood	Surprise
Poverty rate	44.5%	12.2%
Average household size	1.96	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	53	19
Median year structure built	1938	1938