Maxwell vs Sutherland

A side-by-side comparison of Maxwell and Sutherland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sutherland has the higher population (1,224 vs 230 in Maxwell). Maxwell has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $73,750 in Sutherland). Sutherland has the higher median home value ($176,500 vs $89,700 in Maxwell).

Population, income & housing

	Maxwell	Sutherland
Population	230	1,224
Median age	42.1 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$73,750
Median home value	$89,700	$176,500
Median gross rent	$821	$580
Housing units	111	563
Homeownership rate	75.6%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maxwell	Sutherland
Population	230 → 230 (+0.0%)	1,607 → 1,224 (-23.8%)
Median household income	$49,423 → $78,750 (+59.3%)	$72,454 → $73,750 (+1.8%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $89,700 (+19.6%)	$111,500 → $176,500 (+58.3%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $821 (-10.5%)	$810 → $580 (-28.4%)

Maxwell

Population

230230

Median household income

$49,423$78,750

Median home value

$75,000$89,700

Median gross rent

$917$821

Sutherland

Population

1,6071,224

Median household income

$72,454$73,750

Median home value

$111,500$176,500

Median gross rent

$810$580

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maxwell	Sutherland
Under 5	5.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.7%	10.8%
18 to 24	12.2%	11.9%
25 to 34	4.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	8.2%
45 to 54	26.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.0%	17.2%
65 to 74	7.4%	12.3%
75 and over	3.9%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maxwell	Sutherland
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maxwell	Sutherland
No high school diploma	13.6%	7.0%
High school graduate	30.6%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	46.3%	46.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maxwell	Sutherland
Drove alone	70.0%	89.1%
Carpooled	14.6%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	2.5%
Other means	10.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maxwell	Sutherland
1-unit, detached	96.4%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Maxwell	Sutherland
Poverty rate	4.3%	8.9%
Average household size	2.67	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1955	1973