Elk Creek vs Tecumseh

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

Elk Creek 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 129 in Elk Creek). Elk Creek has the higher median household income ($55,227 vs $46,127 in Tecumseh). Since 2019, Elk Creek's population has grown faster (+61.3% vs +9.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Elk Creek	Tecumseh
Population	129	1,844
Median age	50.4 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,227	$46,127
Median home value	—	$104,300
Median gross rent	$358	$842
Housing units	65	873
Homeownership rate	78.8%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk Creek	Tecumseh
Population	80 → 129 (+61.3%)	1,682 → 1,844 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$33,250 → $55,227 (+66.1%)	$40,833 → $46,127 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$22,500 → $35,600 (+58.2%)	$74,800 → $104,300 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	$460 → $358 (-22.2%)	$691 → $842 (+21.9%)

Elk Creek

Population

80129

Median household income

$33,250$55,227

Median home value

$22,500$35,600

Median gross rent

$460$358

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)

	Elk Creek	Tecumseh
Under 5	9.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	1.6%	21.0%
18 to 24	19.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.2%	12.7%
35 to 44	1.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	14.5%
55 to 64	5.4%	11.3%
65 to 74	27.1%	9.1%
75 and over	10.9%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk Creek	Tecumseh
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	67.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.1%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	22.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk Creek	Tecumseh
No high school diploma	1.1%	12.2%
High school graduate	68.9%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk Creek	Tecumseh
Drove alone	83.1%	71.1%
Carpooled	10.8%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	3.1%	10.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.6%
Worked from home	3.1%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk Creek	Tecumseh
1-unit, detached	86.2%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Elk Creek	Tecumseh
Poverty rate	33.3%	6.6%
Average household size	2.48	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	42	22
Median year structure built	1952	1956