Brady vs North Platte

A side-by-side comparison of Brady and North Platte: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North Platte has the higher population (23,030 vs 456 in Brady). Brady has the higher median household income ($78,393 vs $57,805 in North Platte). North Platte has the higher median home value ($159,500 vs $151,400 in Brady).

Population, income & housing

	Brady	North Platte
Population	456	23,030
Median age	51.2 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$78,393	$57,805
Median home value	$151,400	$159,500
Median gross rent	$950	$882
Housing units	186	11,407
Homeownership rate	87.0%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brady	North Platte
Population	405 → 456 (+12.6%)	23,892 → 23,030 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$47,083 → $78,393 (+66.5%)	$54,357 → $57,805 (+6.3%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $151,400 (+68.2%)	$118,900 → $159,500 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $950 (+32.9%)	$757 → $882 (+16.5%)

Brady

Population

405456

Median household income

$47,083$78,393

Median home value

$90,000$151,400

Median gross rent

$715$950

North Platte

Population

23,89223,030

Median household income

$54,357$57,805

Median home value

$118,900$159,500

Median gross rent

$757$882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brady	North Platte
Under 5	5.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	19.5%	16.9%
18 to 24	4.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	7.2%	12.5%
35 to 44	9.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	6.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	24.3%	10.4%
75 and over	10.5%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brady	North Platte
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	84.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brady	North Platte
No high school diploma	4.0%	7.5%
High school graduate	24.5%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brady	North Platte
Drove alone	81.6%	87.5%
Carpooled	12.7%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	1.3%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	2.7%
Other means	2.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brady	North Platte
1-unit, detached	91.9%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Brady	North Platte
Poverty rate	10.2%	16.1%
Average household size	2.46	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	28	13
Median year structure built	1979	1965