Beaver Lake vs Plattsmouth

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

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

Plattsmouth has the higher population (6,680 vs 2,198 in Beaver Lake). Beaver Lake has the higher median household income ($136,364 vs $64,296 in Plattsmouth). Beaver Lake has the higher median home value ($384,500 vs $171,900 in Plattsmouth).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver Lake	Plattsmouth
Population	2,198	6,680
Median age	38.5 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$136,364	$64,296
Median home value	$384,500	$171,900
Median gross rent	—	$944
Housing units	857	2,970
Homeownership rate	99.2%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.7%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver Lake	Plattsmouth
Population	—	6,448 → 6,680 (+3.6%)
Median household income	—	$50,390 → $64,296 (+27.6%)
Median home value	—	$114,400 → $171,900 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$810 → $944 (+16.5%)

Beaver Lake

Plattsmouth

Population

6,4486,680

Median household income

$50,390$64,296

Median home value

$114,400$171,900

Median gross rent

$810$944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver Lake	Plattsmouth
Under 5	5.7%	6.6%
5 to 17	23.9%	14.7%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	13.5%
35 to 44	10.3%	15.0%
45 to 54	15.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.2%
75 and over	5.1%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver Lake	Plattsmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	82.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver Lake	Plattsmouth
No high school diploma	1.8%	4.2%
High school graduate	16.0%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver Lake	Plattsmouth
Drove alone	71.8%	81.6%
Carpooled	7.2%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.0%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver Lake	Plattsmouth
1-unit, detached	98.2%	68.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Beaver Lake	Plattsmouth
Poverty rate	1.7%	5.9%
Average household size	2.87	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1994	1970