Elwood vs Smithfield

A side-by-side comparison of Elwood and Smithfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elwood has the higher population (535 vs 115 in Smithfield). Elwood has the higher median household income ($68,500 vs $49,583 in Smithfield). Since 2019, Smithfield's population has grown faster (+76.9% vs -35.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Elwood	Smithfield
Population	535	115
Median age	51.5 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$68,500	$49,583
Median home value	$150,700	—
Median gross rent	$775	$963
Housing units	269	48
Homeownership rate	77.7%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	3.9%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elwood	Smithfield
Population	829 → 535 (-35.5%)	65 → 115 (+76.9%)
Median household income	$61,458 → $68,500 (+11.5%)	$66,250 → $49,583 (-25.2%)
Median home value	$95,600 → $150,700 (+57.6%)	$92,000 → $83,300 (-9.5%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $775 (+21.3%)	—

Elwood

Population

829535

Median household income

$61,458$68,500

Median home value

$95,600$150,700

Median gross rent

$639$775

Smithfield

Population

65115

Median household income

$66,250$49,583

Median home value

$92,000$83,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elwood	Smithfield
Under 5	6.5%	7.8%
5 to 17	10.7%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.4%	12.2%
25 to 34	9.3%	16.5%
35 to 44	4.9%	16.5%
45 to 54	17.2%	16.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	15.0%	0.9%
75 and over	14.0%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elwood	Smithfield
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	80.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	6.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elwood	Smithfield
No high school diploma	5.0%	25.0%
High school graduate	33.7%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elwood	Smithfield
Drove alone	69.2%	61.9%
Carpooled	22.3%	35.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elwood	Smithfield
1-unit, detached	87.4%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	31.3%

Poverty & households

	Elwood	Smithfield
Poverty rate	6.6%	32.2%
Average household size	2.29	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	22	38
Median year structure built	1961	1947