Battle Creek vs Meadow Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Battle Creek and Meadow Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

Battle Creek and Meadow Grove are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Battle Creek has the higher population (1,478 vs 207 in Meadow Grove). Battle Creek has the higher median household income ($93,750 vs $56,250 in Meadow Grove). Battle Creek has the higher median home value ($188,100 vs $68,200 in Meadow Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Battle Creek	Meadow Grove
Population	1,478	207
Median age	35.5 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$93,750	$56,250
Median home value	$188,100	$68,200
Median gross rent	$1,108	—
Housing units	529	107
Homeownership rate	88.0%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Battle Creek	Meadow Grove
Population	1,215 → 1,478 (+21.6%)	249 → 207 (-16.9%)
Median household income	$73,594 → $93,750 (+27.4%)	$50,500 → $56,250 (+11.4%)
Median home value	$146,400 → $188,100 (+28.5%)	$52,500 → $68,200 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$651 → $1,108 (+70.2%)	$1,350 → $1,625 (+20.4%)

Battle Creek

Population

1,2151,478

Median household income

$73,594$93,750

Median home value

$146,400$188,100

Median gross rent

$651$1,108

Meadow Grove

Population

249207

Median household income

$50,500$56,250

Median home value

$52,500$68,200

Median gross rent

$1,350$1,625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Battle Creek	Meadow Grove
Under 5	7.2%	2.4%
5 to 17	23.6%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	4.8%
25 to 34	8.9%	16.9%
35 to 44	15.7%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.6%
55 to 64	10.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	6.9%	11.6%
75 and over	6.4%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Battle Creek	Meadow Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Battle Creek	Meadow Grove
No high school diploma	2.0%	1.3%
High school graduate	28.5%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Battle Creek	Meadow Grove
Drove alone	90.0%	92.3%
Carpooled	3.4%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	0.8%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Battle Creek	Meadow Grove
1-unit, detached	80.0%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Battle Creek	Meadow Grove
Poverty rate	6.3%	4.8%
Average household size	2.87	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1971	1938