Elba vs Howard City (Boelus)

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

Elba 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.

Elba has the higher population (181 vs 170 in Howard City (Boelus)). Howard City (Boelus) has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $39,063 in Elba). Elba has the higher median home value ($96,000 vs $78,800 in Howard City (Boelus)).

Population, income & housing

	Elba	Howard City (Boelus)
Population	181	170
Median age	45.2 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,063	$61,250
Median home value	$96,000	$78,800
Median gross rent	$909	$550
Housing units	121	97
Homeownership rate	61.4%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elba	Howard City (Boelus)
Population	334 → 181 (-45.8%)	170 → 170 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $39,063 (-25.6%)	$49,875 → $61,250 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$90,600 → $96,000 (+6.0%)	$56,300 → $78,800 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $909 (+50.2%)	$914 → $550 (-39.8%)

Elba

Population

334181

Median household income

$52,500$39,063

Median home value

$90,600$96,000

Median gross rent

$605$909

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)

	Elba	Howard City (Boelus)
Under 5	3.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	13.8%	11.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	4.1%
25 to 34	17.1%	10.0%
35 to 44	6.6%	8.2%
45 to 54	19.9%	15.3%
55 to 64	11.6%	19.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.2%
75 and over	8.3%	15.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elba	Howard City (Boelus)
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	95.9%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elba	Howard City (Boelus)
No high school diploma	9.5%	4.4%
High school graduate	22.6%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	62.8%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elba	Howard City (Boelus)
Drove alone	80.3%	87.2%
Carpooled	10.3%	1.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	4.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elba	Howard City (Boelus)
1-unit, detached	78.5%	89.7%
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%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Elba	Howard City (Boelus)
Poverty rate	10.0%	8.8%
Average household size	1.79	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1969	1938