Broken Bow vs Callaway

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

Broken Bow and Callaway 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 608 in Callaway). Broken Bow has the higher median household income ($56,438 vs $50,938 in Callaway). Callaway has the higher median home value ($157,600 vs $124,600 in Broken Bow).

Population, income & housing

	Broken Bow	Callaway
Population	3,524	608
Median age	41.3 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,438	$50,938
Median home value	$124,600	$157,600
Median gross rent	$826	$585
Housing units	1,795	293
Homeownership rate	56.7%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broken Bow	Callaway
Population	3,517 → 3,524 (+0.2%)	646 → 608 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$42,890 → $56,438 (+31.6%)	$47,500 → $50,938 (+7.2%)
Median home value	$106,100 → $124,600 (+17.4%)	$108,800 → $157,600 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $826 (+29.5%)	$587 → $585 (-0.3%)

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

Callaway

Population

646608

Median household income

$47,500$50,938

Median home value

$108,800$157,600

Median gross rent

$587$585

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broken Bow	Callaway
Under 5	3.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	24.0%	20.9%
18 to 24	5.6%	9.7%
25 to 34	10.9%	8.1%
35 to 44	14.4%	16.1%
45 to 54	9.4%	7.7%
55 to 64	12.9%	9.2%
65 to 74	7.0%	14.5%
75 and over	12.1%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broken Bow	Callaway
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	91.6%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broken Bow	Callaway
No high school diploma	7.7%	4.2%
High school graduate	37.0%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	45.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broken Bow	Callaway
Drove alone	81.7%	80.6%
Carpooled	10.5%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	8.5%
Bicycle	1.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	6.3%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broken Bow	Callaway
1-unit, detached	75.5%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.4%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Broken Bow	Callaway
Poverty rate	14.6%	10.5%
Average household size	2.29	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	11	12
Median year structure built	1964	1966