Elmwood vs Weeping Water

A side-by-side comparison of Elmwood and Weeping Water: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Weeping Water has the higher population (1,244 vs 765 in Elmwood). Elmwood has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $67,083 in Weeping Water). Weeping Water has the higher median home value ($191,600 vs $176,600 in Elmwood).

Population, income & housing

	Elmwood	Weeping Water
Population	765	1,244
Median age	36.2 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	$67,083
Median home value	$176,600	$191,600
Median gross rent	$840	$871
Housing units	310	453
Homeownership rate	89.6%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmwood	Weeping Water
Population	720 → 765 (+6.3%)	910 → 1,244 (+36.7%)
Median household income	$69,375 → $81,250 (+17.1%)	$57,337 → $67,083 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$125,800 → $176,600 (+40.4%)	$133,900 → $191,600 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $840 (+10.8%)	$615 → $871 (+41.6%)

Elmwood

Population

720765

Median household income

$69,375$81,250

Median home value

$125,800$176,600

Median gross rent

$758$840

Weeping Water

Population

9101,244

Median household income

$57,337$67,083

Median home value

$133,900$191,600

Median gross rent

$615$871

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmwood	Weeping Water
Under 5	6.7%	10.5%
5 to 17	23.5%	22.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	12.2%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	7.8%
45 to 54	9.8%	8.7%
55 to 64	6.9%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.2%
75 and over	11.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmwood	Weeping Water
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.9%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmwood	Weeping Water
No high school diploma	4.0%	6.5%
High school graduate	28.3%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmwood	Weeping Water
Drove alone	82.6%	81.3%
Carpooled	3.9%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmwood	Weeping Water
1-unit, detached	88.1%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Elmwood	Weeping Water
Poverty rate	10.2%	4.0%
Average household size	2.56	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1963	1959