Creighton vs Niobrara

A side-by-side comparison of Creighton and Niobrara: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Creighton has the higher population (1,199 vs 365 in Niobrara). Creighton has the higher median household income ($53,167 vs $38,977 in Niobrara). Creighton has the higher median home value ($103,700 vs $91,300 in Niobrara).

Population, income & housing

	Creighton	Niobrara
Population	1,199	365
Median age	47.1 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,167	$38,977
Median home value	$103,700	$91,300
Median gross rent	$732	$582
Housing units	608	231
Homeownership rate	74.0%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creighton	Niobrara
Population	1,225 → 1,199 (-2.1%)	293 → 365 (+24.6%)
Median household income	$48,083 → $53,167 (+10.6%)	$41,250 → $38,977 (-5.5%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $103,700 (+17.4%)	$76,900 → $91,300 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$592 → $732 (+23.6%)	$621 → $582 (-6.3%)

Creighton

Population

1,2251,199

Median household income

$48,083$53,167

Median home value

$88,300$103,700

Median gross rent

$592$732

Niobrara

Population

293365

Median household income

$41,250$38,977

Median home value

$76,900$91,300

Median gross rent

$621$582

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Creighton	Niobrara
Under 5	6.7%	1.9%
5 to 17	15.8%	23.0%
18 to 24	4.9%	4.1%
25 to 34	11.8%	8.5%
35 to 44	9.8%	4.9%
45 to 54	5.9%	7.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.6%
65 to 74	14.0%	17.0%
75 and over	17.0%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creighton	Niobrara
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	88.2%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	8.5%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	7.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creighton	Niobrara
No high school diploma	5.3%	9.3%
High school graduate	42.8%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creighton	Niobrara
Drove alone	85.5%	77.0%
Carpooled	7.2%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	8.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creighton	Niobrara
1-unit, detached	86.0%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	22.1%

Poverty & households

	Creighton	Niobrara
Poverty rate	12.3%	9.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1958	1975