Adams vs Beatrice

A side-by-side comparison of Adams and Beatrice: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beatrice has the higher population (12,233 vs 513 in Adams). Adams has the higher median household income ($82,917 vs $54,583 in Beatrice). Adams has the higher median home value ($194,400 vs $152,900 in Beatrice).

Population, income & housing

	Adams	Beatrice
Population	513	12,233
Median age	33.4 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$82,917	$54,583
Median home value	$194,400	$152,900
Median gross rent	$842	$753
Housing units	213	6,105
Homeownership rate	75.0%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams	Beatrice
Population	508 → 513 (+1.0%)	12,300 → 12,233 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$55,536 → $82,917 (+49.3%)	$44,991 → $54,583 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$152,800 → $194,400 (+27.2%)	$106,600 → $152,900 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$873 → $842 (-3.6%)	$629 → $753 (+19.7%)

Adams

Population

508513

Median household income

$55,536$82,917

Median home value

$152,800$194,400

Median gross rent

$873$842

Beatrice

Population

12,30012,233

Median household income

$44,991$54,583

Median home value

$106,600$152,900

Median gross rent

$629$753

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adams	Beatrice
Under 5	10.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	15.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	8.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	8.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	8.6%	14.8%
65 to 74	13.5%	11.4%
75 and over	10.7%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams	Beatrice
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	92.1%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams	Beatrice
No high school diploma	6.0%	8.5%
High school graduate	32.5%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams	Beatrice
Drove alone	92.1%	86.1%
Carpooled	2.6%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adams	Beatrice
1-unit, detached	95.3%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Adams	Beatrice
Poverty rate	11.9%	19.9%
Average household size	2.49	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	30	17
Median year structure built	1954	1963