Chadron vs Crawford

A side-by-side comparison of Chadron and Crawford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chadron has the higher population (5,207 vs 957 in Crawford). Crawford has the higher median household income ($58,438 vs $54,026 in Chadron). Chadron has the higher median home value ($153,300 vs $75,600 in Crawford).

Population, income & housing

	Chadron	Crawford
Population	5,207	957
Median age	26.8 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,026	$58,438
Median home value	$153,300	$75,600
Median gross rent	$1,044	$580
Housing units	2,437	547
Homeownership rate	61.2%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.4%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chadron	Crawford
Population	5,591 → 5,207 (-6.9%)	1,114 → 957 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$47,288 → $54,026 (+14.2%)	$47,000 → $58,438 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$127,200 → $153,300 (+20.5%)	$70,400 → $75,600 (+7.4%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $1,044 (+43.4%)	$550 → $580 (+5.5%)

Chadron

Population

5,5915,207

Median household income

$47,288$54,026

Median home value

$127,200$153,300

Median gross rent

$728$1,044

Crawford

Population

1,114957

Median household income

$47,000$58,438

Median home value

$70,400$75,600

Median gross rent

$550$580

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chadron	Crawford
Under 5	5.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	12.4%	13.1%
18 to 24	27.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.5%	0.9%
35 to 44	10.3%	14.1%
45 to 54	6.5%	16.5%
55 to 64	10.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	6.4%	16.5%
75 and over	7.8%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chadron	Crawford
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	87.1%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.3%
Asian	1.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chadron	Crawford
No high school diploma	6.4%	2.6%
High school graduate	20.4%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chadron	Crawford
Drove alone	73.7%	67.1%
Carpooled	13.6%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.8%	7.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	15.7%
Other means	1.6%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chadron	Crawford
1-unit, detached	72.4%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.4%
20 or more units	6.7%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Chadron	Crawford
Poverty rate	13.8%	9.2%
Average household size	2.19	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	11	23
Median year structure built	1954	1938