Lodgepole vs Sidney

A side-by-side comparison of Lodgepole and Sidney: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sidney has the higher population (6,396 vs 221 in Lodgepole). Sidney has the higher median household income ($51,704 vs $38,125 in Lodgepole). Sidney has the higher median home value ($137,300 vs $65,000 in Lodgepole).

Population, income & housing

	Lodgepole	Sidney
Population	221	6,396
Median age	60.1 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$38,125	$51,704
Median home value	$65,000	$137,300
Median gross rent	$536	$914
Housing units	169	3,180
Homeownership rate	80.6%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lodgepole	Sidney
Population	325 → 221 (-32.0%)	6,572 → 6,396 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $38,125 (-21.8%)	$55,346 → $51,704 (-6.6%)
Median home value	$54,000 → $65,000 (+20.4%)	$111,000 → $137,300 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$545 → $536 (-1.7%)	$782 → $914 (+16.9%)

Lodgepole

Population

325221

Median household income

$48,750$38,125

Median home value

$54,000$65,000

Median gross rent

$545$536

Sidney

Population

6,5726,396

Median household income

$55,346$51,704

Median home value

$111,000$137,300

Median gross rent

$782$914

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lodgepole	Sidney
Under 5	1.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	7.2%	17.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	4.1%	13.5%
35 to 44	9.5%	13.0%
45 to 54	15.4%	9.6%
55 to 64	23.5%	13.9%
65 to 74	21.7%	11.3%
75 and over	16.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lodgepole	Sidney
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	84.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lodgepole	Sidney
No high school diploma	3.0%	7.9%
High school graduate	27.4%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	57.7%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lodgepole	Sidney
Drove alone	80.7%	77.1%
Carpooled	4.8%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.6%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	4.8%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lodgepole	Sidney
1-unit, detached	78.7%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Lodgepole	Sidney
Poverty rate	21.0%	12.1%
Average household size	1.53	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	18	12
Median year structure built	1952	1959