Farnam vs Sumner

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

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

Sumner has the higher population (379 vs 169 in Farnam). Sumner has the higher median household income ($66,875 vs $46,500 in Farnam). Sumner has the higher median home value ($88,400 vs $72,100 in Farnam).

Population, income & housing

	Farnam	Sumner
Population	169	379
Median age	36.8 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,500	$66,875
Median home value	$72,100	$88,400
Median gross rent	$708	$891
Housing units	78	155
Homeownership rate	72.4%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farnam	Sumner
Population	216 → 169 (-21.8%)	214 → 379 (+77.1%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $46,500 (+0.5%)	$49,464 → $66,875 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$61,300 → $72,100 (+17.6%)	$82,500 → $88,400 (+7.2%)
Median gross rent	$419 → $708 (+69.0%)	$763 → $891 (+16.8%)

Farnam

Population

216169

Median household income

$46,250$46,500

Median home value

$61,300$72,100

Median gross rent

$419$708

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)

	Farnam	Sumner
Under 5	7.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	10.1%	23.7%
18 to 24	3.6%	9.0%
25 to 34	23.1%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	21.4%
45 to 54	4.7%	14.2%
55 to 64	5.3%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	3.4%
75 and over	21.3%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farnam	Sumner
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	79.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farnam	Sumner
No high school diploma	12.8%	16.7%
High school graduate	36.8%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farnam	Sumner
Drove alone	81.9%	82.5%
Carpooled	8.4%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farnam	Sumner
1-unit, detached	92.3%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Farnam	Sumner
Poverty rate	22.5%	1.6%
Average household size	2.22	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1957	1938