Broken Bow vs Sargent

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

Broken Bow and Sargent 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 425 in Sargent). Broken Bow has the higher median household income ($56,438 vs $46,250 in Sargent). Broken Bow has the higher median home value ($124,600 vs $67,300 in Sargent).

Population, income & housing

	Broken Bow	Sargent
Population	3,524	425
Median age	41.3 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,438	$46,250
Median home value	$124,600	$67,300
Median gross rent	$826	$573
Housing units	1,795	273
Homeownership rate	56.7%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broken Bow	Sargent
Population	3,517 → 3,524 (+0.2%)	501 → 425 (-15.2%)
Median household income	$42,890 → $56,438 (+31.6%)	$37,000 → $46,250 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$106,100 → $124,600 (+17.4%)	$50,000 → $67,300 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $826 (+29.5%)	$825 → $573 (-30.5%)

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

Sargent

Population

501425

Median household income

$37,000$46,250

Median home value

$50,000$67,300

Median gross rent

$825$573

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broken Bow	Sargent
Under 5	3.8%	8.9%
5 to 17	24.0%	6.8%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.9%	15.8%
35 to 44	14.4%	3.1%
45 to 54	9.4%	18.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	21.9%
65 to 74	7.0%	11.3%
75 and over	12.1%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broken Bow	Sargent
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	90.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.4%
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%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broken Bow	Sargent
No high school diploma	7.7%	5.4%
High school graduate	37.0%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broken Bow	Sargent
Drove alone	81.7%	91.2%
Carpooled	10.5%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	6.3%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broken Bow	Sargent
1-unit, detached	75.5%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	5.1%
20 or more units	8.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Broken Bow	Sargent
Poverty rate	14.6%	13.8%
Average household size	2.29	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	11	17
Median year structure built	1964	1942