Cook vs Crab Orchard

A side-by-side comparison of Cook and Crab Orchard: population, income, housing, and more.

Cook and Crab Orchard are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cook has the higher population (361 vs 23 in Crab Orchard). Cook has the higher median household income ($65,313 vs $43,750 in Crab Orchard). Cook has the higher median home value ($83,200 vs $40,000 in Crab Orchard).

Population, income & housing

	Cook	Crab Orchard
Population	361	23
Median age	39.7 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,313	$43,750
Median home value	$83,200	$40,000
Median gross rent	$560	—
Housing units	173	21
Homeownership rate	66.5%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	42.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cook	Crab Orchard
Population	410 → 361 (-12.0%)	46 → 23 (-50.0%)
Median household income	$43,571 → $65,313 (+49.9%)	$54,750 → $43,750 (-20.1%)
Median home value	$67,900 → $83,200 (+22.5%)	$9,999 → $40,000 (+300.0%)
Median gross rent	$483 → $560 (+15.9%)	—

Cook

Population

410361

Median household income

$43,571$65,313

Median home value

$67,900$83,200

Median gross rent

$483$560

Crab Orchard

Population

4623

Median household income

$54,750$43,750

Median home value

$9,999$40,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cook	Crab Orchard
Under 5	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.0%	17.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.3%	34.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	0.0%
55 to 64	15.8%	43.5%
65 to 74	6.9%	0.0%
75 and over	9.4%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cook	Crab Orchard
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cook	Crab Orchard
No high school diploma	3.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.7%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	5.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	42.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cook	Crab Orchard
Drove alone	72.8%	33.3%
Carpooled	21.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	66.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cook	Crab Orchard
1-unit, detached	86.7%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Cook	Crab Orchard
Poverty rate	6.4%	13.0%
Average household size	2.33	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1956	1938