Cook vs Elk Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Cook and Elk Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Cook and Elk Creek 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 129 in Elk Creek). Cook has the higher median household income ($65,313 vs $55,227 in Elk Creek). Since 2019, Elk Creek's population has grown faster (+61.3% vs -12.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Cook	Elk Creek
Population	361	129
Median age	39.7 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,313	$55,227
Median home value	$83,200	—
Median gross rent	$560	$358
Housing units	173	65
Homeownership rate	66.5%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cook	Elk Creek
Population	410 → 361 (-12.0%)	80 → 129 (+61.3%)
Median household income	$43,571 → $65,313 (+49.9%)	$33,250 → $55,227 (+66.1%)
Median home value	$67,900 → $83,200 (+22.5%)	$22,500 → $35,600 (+58.2%)
Median gross rent	$483 → $560 (+15.9%)	$460 → $358 (-22.2%)

Cook

Population

410361

Median household income

$43,571$65,313

Median home value

$67,900$83,200

Median gross rent

$483$560

Elk Creek

Population

80129

Median household income

$33,250$55,227

Median home value

$22,500$35,600

Median gross rent

$460$358

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cook	Elk Creek
Under 5	4.2%	9.3%
5 to 17	19.9%	1.6%
18 to 24	10.0%	19.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	8.3%	1.6%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	15.8%	5.4%
65 to 74	6.9%	27.1%
75 and over	9.4%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cook	Elk Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	89.9%
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%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cook	Elk Creek
No high school diploma	3.4%	1.1%
High school graduate	38.7%	68.9%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cook	Elk Creek
Drove alone	72.8%	83.1%
Carpooled	21.5%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	3.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cook	Elk Creek
1-unit, detached	86.7%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Cook	Elk Creek
Poverty rate	6.4%	33.3%
Average household size	2.33	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	23	42
Median year structure built	1956	1952