Cotesfield vs Howard City (Boelus)

A side-by-side comparison of Cotesfield and Howard City (Boelus): population, income, housing, and more.

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

Howard City (Boelus) has the higher population (170 vs 24 in Cotesfield). Howard City (Boelus) has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $31,250 in Cotesfield). Howard City (Boelus) has the higher median home value ($78,800 vs $45,000 in Cotesfield).

Population, income & housing

	Cotesfield	Howard City (Boelus)
Population	24	170
Median age	67.8 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$31,250	$61,250
Median home value	$45,000	$78,800
Median gross rent	—	$550
Housing units	23	97
Homeownership rate	100.0%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	16.7%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cotesfield	Howard City (Boelus)
Population	36 → 24 (-33.3%)	170 → 170 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $31,250 (-43.2%)	$49,875 → $61,250 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$48,000 → $45,000 (-6.3%)	$56,300 → $78,800 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$914 → $550 (-39.8%)

Cotesfield

Population

3624

Median household income

$55,000$31,250

Median home value

$48,000$45,000

Howard City (Boelus)

Population

170170

Median household income

$49,875$61,250

Median home value

$56,300$78,800

Median gross rent

$914$550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cotesfield	Howard City (Boelus)
Under 5	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	4.2%	11.8%
18 to 24	4.2%	4.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.0%
35 to 44	16.7%	8.2%
45 to 54	4.2%	15.3%
55 to 64	8.3%	19.4%
65 to 74	41.7%	11.2%
75 and over	20.8%	15.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cotesfield	Howard City (Boelus)
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cotesfield	Howard City (Boelus)
No high school diploma	22.7%	4.4%
High school graduate	40.9%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	13.6%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cotesfield	Howard City (Boelus)
Drove alone	100.0%	87.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cotesfield	Howard City (Boelus)
1-unit, detached	100.0%	89.7%
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	0.0%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Cotesfield	Howard City (Boelus)
Poverty rate	4.2%	8.8%
Average household size	1.50	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	1938	1938