Cotesfield vs Elba

A side-by-side comparison of Cotesfield and Elba: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elba has the higher population (181 vs 24 in Cotesfield). Elba has the higher median household income ($39,063 vs $31,250 in Cotesfield). Elba has the higher median home value ($96,000 vs $45,000 in Cotesfield).

Population, income & housing

	Cotesfield	Elba
Population	24	181
Median age	67.8 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$31,250	$39,063
Median home value	$45,000	$96,000
Median gross rent	—	$909
Housing units	23	121
Homeownership rate	100.0%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	16.7%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cotesfield	Elba
Population	36 → 24 (-33.3%)	334 → 181 (-45.8%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $31,250 (-43.2%)	$52,500 → $39,063 (-25.6%)
Median home value	$48,000 → $45,000 (-6.3%)	$90,600 → $96,000 (+6.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$605 → $909 (+50.2%)

Cotesfield

Population

3624

Median household income

$55,000$31,250

Median home value

$48,000$45,000

Elba

Population

334181

Median household income

$52,500$39,063

Median home value

$90,600$96,000

Median gross rent

$605$909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cotesfield	Elba
Under 5	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	4.2%	13.8%
18 to 24	4.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	17.1%
35 to 44	16.7%	6.6%
45 to 54	4.2%	19.9%
55 to 64	8.3%	11.6%
65 to 74	41.7%	12.2%
75 and over	20.8%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cotesfield	Elba
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cotesfield	Elba
No high school diploma	22.7%	9.5%
High school graduate	40.9%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	13.6%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cotesfield	Elba
Drove alone	100.0%	80.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cotesfield	Elba
1-unit, detached	100.0%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Cotesfield	Elba
Poverty rate	4.2%	10.0%
Average household size	1.50	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1938	1969