Brule vs Ogallala

A side-by-side comparison of Brule and Ogallala: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ogallala has the higher population (4,800 vs 287 in Brule). Ogallala has the higher median household income ($55,481 vs $47,404 in Brule). Ogallala has the higher median home value ($135,500 vs $101,100 in Brule).

Population, income & housing

	Brule	Ogallala
Population	287	4,800
Median age	55.4 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,404	$55,481
Median home value	$101,100	$135,500
Median gross rent	$608	$738
Housing units	156	2,539
Homeownership rate	74.1%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brule	Ogallala
Population	311 → 287 (-7.7%)	4,536 → 4,800 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$41,500 → $47,404 (+14.2%)	$41,765 → $55,481 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$79,200 → $101,100 (+27.7%)	$107,200 → $135,500 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$513 → $608 (+18.5%)	$635 → $738 (+16.2%)

Brule

Population

311287

Median household income

$41,500$47,404

Median home value

$79,200$101,100

Median gross rent

$513$608

Ogallala

Population

4,5364,800

Median household income

$41,765$55,481

Median home value

$107,200$135,500

Median gross rent

$635$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brule	Ogallala
Under 5	5.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.0%	18.1%
18 to 24	1.4%	5.6%
25 to 34	16.7%	8.9%
35 to 44	7.3%	10.8%
45 to 54	2.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	19.5%	13.9%
65 to 74	20.9%	11.6%
75 and over	10.5%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brule	Ogallala
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	80.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brule	Ogallala
No high school diploma	8.6%	11.5%
High school graduate	42.5%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brule	Ogallala
Drove alone	83.7%	81.0%
Carpooled	7.8%	7.9%
Public transit	0.8%	0.5%
Walked	2.3%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	7.9%
Other means	2.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brule	Ogallala
1-unit, detached	87.2%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Brule	Ogallala
Poverty rate	14.6%	13.6%
Average household size	2.13	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	16	15
Median year structure built	1960	1970