Cushing vs Howard City (Boelus)

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

Cushing 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 96 in Cushing). Cushing has the higher median household income ($95,924 vs $61,250 in Howard City (Boelus)). Since 2019, Cushing's population has grown faster (+123.3% vs +0.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Cushing	Howard City (Boelus)
Population	96	170
Median age	37.4 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$95,924	$61,250
Median home value	—	$78,800
Median gross rent	—	$550
Housing units	42	97
Homeownership rate	92.3%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	24.6%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cushing	Howard City (Boelus)
Population	43 → 96 (+123.3%)	170 → 170 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$18,125 → $95,924 (+429.2%)	$49,875 → $61,250 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$23,200 → $24,100 (+3.9%)	$56,300 → $78,800 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$914 → $550 (-39.8%)

Cushing

Population

4396

Median household income

$18,125$95,924

Median home value

$23,200$24,100

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)

	Cushing	Howard City (Boelus)
Under 5	1.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	21.9%	11.8%
18 to 24	9.4%	4.1%
25 to 34	5.2%	10.0%
35 to 44	43.8%	8.2%
45 to 54	3.1%	15.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	19.4%
65 to 74	1.0%	11.2%
75 and over	3.1%	15.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cushing	Howard City (Boelus)
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	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	8.3%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cushing	Howard City (Boelus)
No high school diploma	1.5%	4.4%
High school graduate	63.1%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cushing	Howard City (Boelus)
Drove alone	96.2%	87.2%
Carpooled	3.8%	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)

	Cushing	Howard City (Boelus)
1-unit, detached	83.3%	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	16.7%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Cushing	Howard City (Boelus)
Poverty rate	0.0%	8.8%
Average household size	2.46	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1938	1938