Arnold vs Broken Bow

A side-by-side comparison of Arnold and Broken Bow: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Broken Bow has the higher population (3,524 vs 887 in Arnold). Arnold has the higher median household income ($63,214 vs $56,438 in Broken Bow). Broken Bow has the higher median home value ($124,600 vs $118,200 in Arnold).

Population, income & housing

	Arnold	Broken Bow
Population	887	3,524
Median age	31.5 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,214	$56,438
Median home value	$118,200	$124,600
Median gross rent	$850	$826
Housing units	340	1,795
Homeownership rate	70.9%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arnold	Broken Bow
Population	802 → 887 (+10.6%)	3,517 → 3,524 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$55,982 → $63,214 (+12.9%)	$42,890 → $56,438 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$82,100 → $118,200 (+44.0%)	$106,100 → $124,600 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $850 (+47.8%)	$638 → $826 (+29.5%)

Arnold

Population

802887

Median household income

$55,982$63,214

Median home value

$82,100$118,200

Median gross rent

$575$850

Broken Bow

Population

3,5173,524

Median household income

$42,890$56,438

Median home value

$106,100$124,600

Median gross rent

$638$826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arnold	Broken Bow
Under 5	17.4%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.4%	24.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	5.6%
25 to 34	12.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	14.4%
45 to 54	8.3%	9.4%
55 to 64	9.5%	12.9%
65 to 74	8.9%	7.0%
75 and over	9.0%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arnold	Broken Bow
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	88.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arnold	Broken Bow
No high school diploma	5.8%	7.7%
High school graduate	29.0%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arnold	Broken Bow
Drove alone	60.2%	81.7%
Carpooled	30.4%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	6.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arnold	Broken Bow
1-unit, detached	93.5%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	6.7%
20 or more units	1.8%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Arnold	Broken Bow
Poverty rate	4.8%	14.6%
Average household size	2.76	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	27	11
Median year structure built	1960	1964