Elba vs St. Paul

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

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

St. Paul has the higher population (2,574 vs 181 in Elba). St. Paul has the higher median household income ($58,493 vs $39,063 in Elba). St. Paul has the higher median home value ($184,400 vs $96,000 in Elba).

Population, income & housing

	Elba	St. Paul
Population	181	2,574
Median age	45.2 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$39,063	$58,493
Median home value	$96,000	$184,400
Median gross rent	$909	$720
Housing units	121	1,054
Homeownership rate	61.4%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elba	St. Paul
Population	334 → 181 (-45.8%)	2,362 → 2,574 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $39,063 (-25.6%)	$60,250 → $58,493 (-2.9%)
Median home value	$90,600 → $96,000 (+6.0%)	$138,000 → $184,400 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $909 (+50.2%)	$684 → $720 (+5.3%)

Elba

Population

334181

Median household income

$52,500$39,063

Median home value

$90,600$96,000

Median gross rent

$605$909

St. Paul

Population

2,3622,574

Median household income

$60,250$58,493

Median home value

$138,000$184,400

Median gross rent

$684$720

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elba	St. Paul
Under 5	3.3%	7.8%
5 to 17	13.8%	18.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	17.1%	10.6%
35 to 44	6.6%	12.2%
45 to 54	19.9%	9.3%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	12.2%	9.1%
75 and over	8.3%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elba	St. Paul
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	85.0%
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%	10.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elba	St. Paul
No high school diploma	9.5%	7.6%
High school graduate	22.6%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	62.8%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elba	St. Paul
Drove alone	80.3%	82.5%
Carpooled	10.3%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elba	St. Paul
1-unit, detached	78.5%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Elba	St. Paul
Poverty rate	10.0%	5.4%
Average household size	1.79	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1969	1970