Beaver City vs Edison

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

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

Beaver City has the higher population (494 vs 167 in Edison). Edison has the higher median household income ($60,476 vs $40,625 in Beaver City). Beaver City has the higher median home value ($65,300 vs $35,600 in Edison).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver City	Edison
Population	494	167
Median age	48.0 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,625	$60,476
Median home value	$65,300	$35,600
Median gross rent	$600	$700
Housing units	294	105
Homeownership rate	66.8%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver City	Edison
Population	489 → 494 (+1.0%)	156 → 167 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$41,528 → $40,625 (-2.2%)	$26,736 → $60,476 (+126.2%)
Median home value	$58,100 → $65,300 (+12.4%)	$22,500 → $35,600 (+58.2%)
Median gross rent	$568 → $600 (+5.6%)	$660 → $700 (+6.1%)

Beaver City

Population

489494

Median household income

$41,528$40,625

Median home value

$58,100$65,300

Median gross rent

$568$600

Edison

Population

156167

Median household income

$26,736$60,476

Median home value

$22,500$35,600

Median gross rent

$660$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver City	Edison
Under 5	5.3%	1.8%
5 to 17	10.3%	16.8%
18 to 24	13.4%	4.8%
25 to 34	10.7%	7.8%
35 to 44	8.7%	7.2%
45 to 54	6.3%	5.4%
55 to 64	21.5%	9.6%
65 to 74	11.9%	34.7%
75 and over	11.9%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver City	Edison
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	3.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver City	Edison
No high school diploma	9.1%	10.9%
High school graduate	38.7%	52.3%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	1.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver City	Edison
Drove alone	74.5%	73.6%
Carpooled	7.7%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	15.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver City	Edison
1-unit, detached	87.4%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Beaver City	Edison
Poverty rate	11.2%	3.0%
Average household size	2.06	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	19	15
Median year structure built	1943	1944