Cozad vs Sumner

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

Cozad and Sumner 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 379 in Sumner). Sumner has the higher median household income ($66,875 vs $50,161 in Cozad). Cozad has the higher median home value ($118,600 vs $88,400 in Sumner).

Population, income & housing

	Cozad	Sumner
Population	3,944	379
Median age	43.7 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,161	$66,875
Median home value	$118,600	$88,400
Median gross rent	$820	$891
Housing units	1,937	155
Homeownership rate	64.7%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cozad	Sumner
Population	3,787 → 3,944 (+4.1%)	214 → 379 (+77.1%)
Median household income	$46,196 → $50,161 (+8.6%)	$49,464 → $66,875 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$87,000 → $118,600 (+36.3%)	$82,500 → $88,400 (+7.2%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $820 (+21.5%)	$763 → $891 (+16.8%)

Cozad

Population

3,7873,944

Median household income

$46,196$50,161

Median home value

$87,000$118,600

Median gross rent

$675$820

Sumner

Population

214379

Median household income

$49,464$66,875

Median home value

$82,500$88,400

Median gross rent

$763$891

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cozad	Sumner
Under 5	5.6%	4.0%
5 to 17	18.9%	23.7%
18 to 24	5.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.0%	21.4%
45 to 54	9.5%	14.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.6%
65 to 74	13.2%	3.4%
75 and over	13.0%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cozad	Sumner
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	79.7%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cozad	Sumner
No high school diploma	13.1%	16.7%
High school graduate	39.7%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cozad	Sumner
Drove alone	89.0%	82.5%
Carpooled	7.8%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	3.1%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cozad	Sumner
1-unit, detached	75.7%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Cozad	Sumner
Poverty rate	15.2%	1.6%
Average household size	2.21	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1966	1938