Farnam vs Gothenburg

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

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

Gothenburg has the higher population (3,436 vs 169 in Farnam). Gothenburg has the higher median household income ($79,519 vs $46,500 in Farnam). Gothenburg has the higher median home value ($173,200 vs $72,100 in Farnam).

Population, income & housing

	Farnam	Gothenburg
Population	169	3,436
Median age	36.8 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,500	$79,519
Median home value	$72,100	$173,200
Median gross rent	$708	$838
Housing units	78	1,597
Homeownership rate	72.4%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farnam	Gothenburg
Population	216 → 169 (-21.8%)	3,489 → 3,436 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $46,500 (+0.5%)	$65,433 → $79,519 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$61,300 → $72,100 (+17.6%)	$103,400 → $173,200 (+67.5%)
Median gross rent	$419 → $708 (+69.0%)	$683 → $838 (+22.7%)

Farnam

Population

216169

Median household income

$46,250$46,500

Median home value

$61,300$72,100

Median gross rent

$419$708

Gothenburg

Population

3,4893,436

Median household income

$65,433$79,519

Median home value

$103,400$173,200

Median gross rent

$683$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farnam	Gothenburg
Under 5	7.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	10.1%	19.9%
18 to 24	3.6%	10.7%
25 to 34	23.1%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	9.4%
45 to 54	4.7%	12.9%
55 to 64	5.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.8%
75 and over	21.3%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farnam	Gothenburg
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farnam	Gothenburg
No high school diploma	12.8%	9.1%
High school graduate	36.8%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farnam	Gothenburg
Drove alone	81.9%	81.6%
Carpooled	8.4%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.4%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	1.2%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farnam	Gothenburg
1-unit, detached	92.3%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Farnam	Gothenburg
Poverty rate	22.5%	7.0%
Average household size	2.22	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	31	18
Median year structure built	1957	1968