Beaver Lake vs Elmwood

A side-by-side comparison of Beaver Lake and Elmwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beaver Lake has the higher population (2,198 vs 765 in Elmwood). Beaver Lake has the higher median household income ($136,364 vs $81,250 in Elmwood). Beaver Lake has the higher median home value ($384,500 vs $176,600 in Elmwood).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver Lake	Elmwood
Population	2,198	765
Median age	38.5 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$136,364	$81,250
Median home value	$384,500	$176,600
Median gross rent	—	$840
Housing units	857	310
Homeownership rate	99.2%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.7%	33.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver Lake	Elmwood
Population	—	720 → 765 (+6.3%)
Median household income	—	$69,375 → $81,250 (+17.1%)
Median home value	—	$125,800 → $176,600 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$758 → $840 (+10.8%)

Beaver Lake

Elmwood

Population

720765

Median household income

$69,375$81,250

Median home value

$125,800$176,600

Median gross rent

$758$840

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver Lake	Elmwood
Under 5	5.7%	6.7%
5 to 17	23.9%	23.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.5%	12.2%
35 to 44	10.3%	13.5%
45 to 54	15.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	6.9%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.5%
75 and over	5.1%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver Lake	Elmwood
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver Lake	Elmwood
No high school diploma	1.8%	4.0%
High school graduate	16.0%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver Lake	Elmwood
Drove alone	71.8%	82.6%
Carpooled	7.2%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.0%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver Lake	Elmwood
1-unit, detached	98.2%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Beaver Lake	Elmwood
Poverty rate	1.7%	10.2%
Average household size	2.87	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1994	1963