Gothenburg vs Sumner

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

Gothenburg and Sumner 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 379 in Sumner). Gothenburg has the higher median household income ($79,519 vs $66,875 in Sumner). Gothenburg has the higher median home value ($173,200 vs $88,400 in Sumner).

Population, income & housing

	Gothenburg	Sumner
Population	3,436	379
Median age	39.6 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$79,519	$66,875
Median home value	$173,200	$88,400
Median gross rent	$838	$891
Housing units	1,597	155
Homeownership rate	69.1%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gothenburg	Sumner
Population	3,489 → 3,436 (-1.5%)	214 → 379 (+77.1%)
Median household income	$65,433 → $79,519 (+21.5%)	$49,464 → $66,875 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$103,400 → $173,200 (+67.5%)	$82,500 → $88,400 (+7.2%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $838 (+22.7%)	$763 → $891 (+16.8%)

Gothenburg

Population

3,4893,436

Median household income

$65,433$79,519

Median home value

$103,400$173,200

Median gross rent

$683$838

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)

	Gothenburg	Sumner
Under 5	4.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	19.9%	23.7%
18 to 24	10.7%	9.0%
25 to 34	10.1%	11.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	21.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	3.4%
75 and over	7.8%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gothenburg	Sumner
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	79.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gothenburg	Sumner
No high school diploma	9.1%	16.7%
High school graduate	32.5%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gothenburg	Sumner
Drove alone	81.6%	82.5%
Carpooled	8.6%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	3.1%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gothenburg	Sumner
1-unit, detached	82.8%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Gothenburg	Sumner
Poverty rate	7.0%	1.6%
Average household size	2.39	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1968	1938