Farwell vs Howard City (Boelus)

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

Farwell 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 71 in Farwell). Howard City (Boelus) has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $58,125 in Farwell). Howard City (Boelus) has the higher median home value ($78,800 vs $55,000 in Farwell).

Population, income & housing

	Farwell	Howard City (Boelus)
Population	71	170
Median age	47.9 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$61,250
Median home value	$55,000	$78,800
Median gross rent	—	$550
Housing units	47	97
Homeownership rate	80.6%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farwell	Howard City (Boelus)
Population	118 → 71 (-39.8%)	170 → 170 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $58,125 (-5.1%)	$49,875 → $61,250 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$56,300 → $55,000 (-2.3%)	$56,300 → $78,800 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$914 → $550 (-39.8%)

Farwell

Population

11871

Median household income

$61,250$58,125

Median home value

$56,300$55,000

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)

	Farwell	Howard City (Boelus)
Under 5	2.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	12.7%	11.8%
18 to 24	9.9%	4.1%
25 to 34	5.6%	10.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	8.2%
45 to 54	22.5%	15.3%
55 to 64	9.9%	19.4%
65 to 74	18.3%	11.2%
75 and over	5.6%	15.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farwell	Howard City (Boelus)
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	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	5.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farwell	Howard City (Boelus)
No high school diploma	9.4%	4.4%
High school graduate	28.3%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	49.1%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farwell	Howard City (Boelus)
Drove alone	81.8%	87.2%
Carpooled	13.6%	1.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	4.5%	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)

	Farwell	Howard City (Boelus)
1-unit, detached	97.9%	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	2.1%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Farwell	Howard City (Boelus)
Poverty rate	9.9%	8.8%
Average household size	2.29	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	46	32
Median year structure built	1943	1938