Big Springs vs Chappell

A side-by-side comparison of Big Springs and Chappell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chappell has the higher population (843 vs 479 in Big Springs). Big Springs has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $54,758 in Chappell). Big Springs has the higher median home value ($94,900 vs $88,000 in Chappell).

Population, income & housing

	Big Springs	Chappell
Population	479	843
Median age	52.2 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$54,758
Median home value	$94,900	$88,000
Median gross rent	$644	$727
Housing units	249	489
Homeownership rate	86.3%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Springs	Chappell
Population	476 → 479 (+0.6%)	871 → 843 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$44,792 → $63,750 (+42.3%)	$47,188 → $54,758 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$75,800 → $94,900 (+25.2%)	$91,900 → $88,000 (-4.2%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $644 (+0.0%)	$605 → $727 (+20.2%)

Big Springs

Population

476479

Median household income

$44,792$63,750

Median home value

$75,800$94,900

Median gross rent

$644$644

Chappell

Population

871843

Median household income

$47,188$54,758

Median home value

$91,900$88,000

Median gross rent

$605$727

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Springs	Chappell
Under 5	4.4%	7.2%
5 to 17	17.3%	11.5%
18 to 24	3.8%	6.5%
25 to 34	8.4%	7.4%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.4%
45 to 54	9.0%	14.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	21.7%	17.9%
75 and over	9.6%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Springs	Chappell
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.4%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Springs	Chappell
No high school diploma	12.0%	10.2%
High school graduate	25.5%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	44.0%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Springs	Chappell
Drove alone	81.2%	80.6%
Carpooled	6.3%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	5.7%
Other means	4.7%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Springs	Chappell
1-unit, detached	95.6%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Big Springs	Chappell
Poverty rate	12.5%	8.9%
Average household size	2.27	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1947	1946