Elba vs Farwell

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

Elba and Farwell 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 71 in Farwell). Farwell has the higher median household income ($58,125 vs $39,063 in Elba). Elba has the higher median home value ($96,000 vs $55,000 in Farwell).

Population, income & housing

	Elba	Farwell
Population	181	71
Median age	45.2 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$39,063	$58,125
Median home value	$96,000	$55,000
Median gross rent	$909	—
Housing units	121	47
Homeownership rate	61.4%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elba	Farwell
Population	334 → 181 (-45.8%)	118 → 71 (-39.8%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $39,063 (-25.6%)	$61,250 → $58,125 (-5.1%)
Median home value	$90,600 → $96,000 (+6.0%)	$56,300 → $55,000 (-2.3%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $909 (+50.2%)	—

Elba

Population

334181

Median household income

$52,500$39,063

Median home value

$90,600$96,000

Median gross rent

$605$909

Farwell

Population

11871

Median household income

$61,250$58,125

Median home value

$56,300$55,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elba	Farwell
Under 5	3.3%	2.8%
5 to 17	13.8%	12.7%
18 to 24	7.2%	9.9%
25 to 34	17.1%	5.6%
35 to 44	6.6%	12.7%
45 to 54	19.9%	22.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	9.9%
65 to 74	12.2%	18.3%
75 and over	8.3%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elba	Farwell
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	83.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	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	2.8%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elba	Farwell
No high school diploma	9.5%	9.4%
High school graduate	22.6%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	62.8%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elba	Farwell
Drove alone	80.3%	81.8%
Carpooled	10.3%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elba	Farwell
1-unit, detached	78.5%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Elba	Farwell
Poverty rate	10.0%	9.9%
Average household size	1.79	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	27	46
Median year structure built	1969	1943