Cook vs Tecumseh

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

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

Tecumseh has the higher population (1,844 vs 361 in Cook). Cook has the higher median household income ($65,313 vs $46,127 in Tecumseh). Tecumseh has the higher median home value ($104,300 vs $83,200 in Cook).

Population, income & housing

	Cook	Tecumseh
Population	361	1,844
Median age	39.7 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,313	$46,127
Median home value	$83,200	$104,300
Median gross rent	$560	$842
Housing units	173	873
Homeownership rate	66.5%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cook	Tecumseh
Population	410 → 361 (-12.0%)	1,682 → 1,844 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$43,571 → $65,313 (+49.9%)	$40,833 → $46,127 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$67,900 → $83,200 (+22.5%)	$74,800 → $104,300 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	$483 → $560 (+15.9%)	$691 → $842 (+21.9%)

Cook

Population

410361

Median household income

$43,571$65,313

Median home value

$67,900$83,200

Median gross rent

$483$560

Tecumseh

Population

1,6821,844

Median household income

$40,833$46,127

Median home value

$74,800$104,300

Median gross rent

$691$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cook	Tecumseh
Under 5	4.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	19.9%	21.0%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.9%	12.7%
35 to 44	8.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	14.5%
55 to 64	15.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	6.9%	9.1%
75 and over	9.4%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cook	Tecumseh
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	67.1%
Black or African American	2.2%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	22.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cook	Tecumseh
No high school diploma	3.4%	12.2%
High school graduate	38.7%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cook	Tecumseh
Drove alone	72.8%	71.1%
Carpooled	21.5%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.5%	10.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.6%
Worked from home	4.2%	4.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cook	Tecumseh
1-unit, detached	86.7%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Cook	Tecumseh
Poverty rate	6.4%	6.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1956	1956