Cozad vs Farnam

A side-by-side comparison of Cozad and Farnam: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cozad has the higher population (3,944 vs 169 in Farnam). Cozad has the higher median household income ($50,161 vs $46,500 in Farnam). Cozad has the higher median home value ($118,600 vs $72,100 in Farnam).

Population, income & housing

	Cozad	Farnam
Population	3,944	169
Median age	43.7 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,161	$46,500
Median home value	$118,600	$72,100
Median gross rent	$820	$708
Housing units	1,937	78
Homeownership rate	64.7%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cozad	Farnam
Population	3,787 → 3,944 (+4.1%)	216 → 169 (-21.8%)
Median household income	$46,196 → $50,161 (+8.6%)	$46,250 → $46,500 (+0.5%)
Median home value	$87,000 → $118,600 (+36.3%)	$61,300 → $72,100 (+17.6%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $820 (+21.5%)	$419 → $708 (+69.0%)

Cozad

Population

3,7873,944

Median household income

$46,196$50,161

Median home value

$87,000$118,600

Median gross rent

$675$820

Farnam

Population

216169

Median household income

$46,250$46,500

Median home value

$61,300$72,100

Median gross rent

$419$708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cozad	Farnam
Under 5	5.6%	7.7%
5 to 17	18.9%	10.1%
18 to 24	5.0%	3.6%
25 to 34	10.5%	23.1%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	9.5%	4.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	5.3%
65 to 74	13.2%	10.7%
75 and over	13.0%	21.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cozad	Farnam
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	97.0%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cozad	Farnam
No high school diploma	13.1%	12.8%
High school graduate	39.7%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cozad	Farnam
Drove alone	89.0%	81.9%
Carpooled	7.8%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	1.2%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cozad	Farnam
1-unit, detached	75.7%	92.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	2.6%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Cozad	Farnam
Poverty rate	15.2%	22.5%
Average household size	2.21	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	18	31
Median year structure built	1966	1957