Barneston vs Blue Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Barneston and Blue Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blue Springs has the higher population (232 vs 107 in Barneston). Barneston has the higher median household income ($45,625 vs $34,375 in Blue Springs). Blue Springs has the higher median home value ($43,900 vs $29,600 in Barneston).

Population, income & housing

	Barneston	Blue Springs
Population	107	232
Median age	61.3 yrs	56.7 yrs
Median household income	$45,625	$34,375
Median home value	$29,600	$43,900
Housing units	54	149
Homeownership rate	87.2%	93.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.2%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barneston	Blue Springs
Population	107 → 107 (+0.0%)	274 → 232 (-15.3%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $45,625 (+4.3%)	$45,000 → $34,375 (-23.6%)
Median home value	$41,400 → $29,600 (-28.5%)	$33,900 → $43,900 (+29.5%)

Barneston

Population

107107

Median household income

$43,750$45,625

Median home value

$41,400$29,600

Blue Springs

Population

274232

Median household income

$45,000$34,375

Median home value

$33,900$43,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barneston	Blue Springs
Under 5	2.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	11.2%	10.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.2%
25 to 34	2.8%	10.8%
35 to 44	3.7%	4.7%
45 to 54	10.3%	7.8%
55 to 64	43.0%	29.7%
65 to 74	17.8%	12.9%
75 and over	8.4%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barneston	Blue Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	70.1%	98.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	29.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barneston	Blue Springs
No high school diploma	9.8%	9.1%
High school graduate	19.6%	61.3%
Some college or associate's	68.5%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barneston	Blue Springs
Drove alone	96.9%	66.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	25.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barneston	Blue Springs
1-unit, detached	96.3%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Barneston	Blue Springs
Poverty rate	12.1%	30.2%
Average household size	2.28	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	38	20
Median year structure built	1938	1938