Firth vs Lincoln

A side-by-side comparison of Firth and Lincoln: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lincoln has the higher population (291,932 vs 517 in Firth). Firth has the higher median household income ($89,044 vs $69,991 in Lincoln). Lincoln has the higher median home value ($248,200 vs $226,100 in Firth).

Population, income & housing

	Firth	Lincoln
Population	517	291,932
Median age	33.6 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$89,044	$69,991
Median home value	$226,100	$248,200
Median gross rent	$1,013	$1,045
Housing units	221	126,403
Homeownership rate	69.6%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Firth	Lincoln
Population	435 → 517 (+18.9%)	283,839 → 291,932 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$65,909 → $89,044 (+35.1%)	$57,746 → $69,991 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$139,300 → $226,100 (+62.3%)	$169,800 → $248,200 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $1,013 (+50.1%)	$852 → $1,045 (+22.7%)

Firth

Population

435517

Median household income

$65,909$89,044

Median home value

$139,300$226,100

Median gross rent

$675$1,013

Lincoln

Population

283,839291,932

Median household income

$57,746$69,991

Median home value

$169,800$248,200

Median gross rent

$852$1,045

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Firth	Lincoln
Under 5	9.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	19.1%	16.1%
18 to 24	9.1%	15.7%
25 to 34	13.5%	14.3%
35 to 44	13.9%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	10.8%	10.4%
65 to 74	5.6%	8.8%
75 and over	7.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Firth	Lincoln
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	1.4%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Firth	Lincoln
No high school diploma	10.9%	7.0%
High school graduate	20.5%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	47.5%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Firth	Lincoln
Drove alone	63.2%	75.7%
Carpooled	28.5%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	2.4%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	5.5%	10.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Firth	Lincoln
1-unit, detached	78.7%	55.5%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	14.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Firth	Lincoln
Poverty rate	3.4%	12.6%
Average household size	2.45	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1973	1981