Arapahoe vs Beaver City

A side-by-side comparison of Arapahoe and Beaver City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Arapahoe has the higher population (1,010 vs 494 in Beaver City). Arapahoe has the higher median household income ($63,173 vs $40,625 in Beaver City). Arapahoe has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $65,300 in Beaver City).

Population, income & housing

	Arapahoe	Beaver City
Population	1,010	494
Median age	52.8 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,173	$40,625
Median home value	$95,000	$65,300
Median gross rent	—	$600
Housing units	533	294
Homeownership rate	74.3%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arapahoe	Beaver City
Population	1,333 → 1,010 (-24.2%)	489 → 494 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$58,894 → $63,173 (+7.3%)	$41,528 → $40,625 (-2.2%)
Median home value	$83,100 → $95,000 (+14.3%)	$58,100 → $65,300 (+12.4%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $1,520 (+119.7%)	$568 → $600 (+5.6%)

Arapahoe

Population

1,3331,010

Median household income

$58,894$63,173

Median home value

$83,100$95,000

Median gross rent

$692$1,520

Beaver City

Population

489494

Median household income

$41,528$40,625

Median home value

$58,100$65,300

Median gross rent

$568$600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arapahoe	Beaver City
Under 5	5.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.7%	10.3%
18 to 24	4.0%	13.4%
25 to 34	6.1%	10.7%
35 to 44	8.3%	8.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	6.3%
55 to 64	21.3%	21.5%
65 to 74	13.1%	11.9%
75 and over	11.6%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arapahoe	Beaver City
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.4%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arapahoe	Beaver City
No high school diploma	9.4%	9.1%
High school graduate	32.9%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arapahoe	Beaver City
Drove alone	82.7%	74.5%
Carpooled	4.2%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	14.1%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arapahoe	Beaver City
1-unit, detached	85.6%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	1.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Arapahoe	Beaver City
Poverty rate	16.9%	11.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	14	19
Median year structure built	1957	1943