Battle Creek vs Tilden

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

Battle Creek and Tilden 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 977 in Tilden). Battle Creek has the higher median household income ($93,750 vs $66,731 in Tilden). Battle Creek has the higher median home value ($188,100 vs $116,900 in Tilden).

Population, income & housing

	Battle Creek	Tilden
Population	1,478	977
Median age	35.5 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$93,750	$66,731
Median home value	$188,100	$116,900
Median gross rent	$1,108	$633
Housing units	529	447
Homeownership rate	88.0%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Battle Creek	Tilden
Population	1,215 → 1,478 (+21.6%)	1,105 → 977 (-11.6%)
Median household income	$73,594 → $93,750 (+27.4%)	$50,650 → $66,731 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$146,400 → $188,100 (+28.5%)	$71,700 → $116,900 (+63.0%)
Median gross rent	$651 → $1,108 (+70.2%)	$529 → $633 (+19.7%)

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

Tilden

Population

1,105977

Median household income

$50,650$66,731

Median home value

$71,700$116,900

Median gross rent

$529$633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Battle Creek	Tilden
Under 5	7.2%	9.9%
5 to 17	23.6%	16.6%
18 to 24	8.1%	5.6%
25 to 34	8.9%	9.5%
35 to 44	15.7%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	10.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	6.9%	14.5%
75 and over	6.4%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Battle Creek	Tilden
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	88.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Battle Creek	Tilden
No high school diploma	2.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	28.5%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Battle Creek	Tilden
Drove alone	90.0%	78.8%
Carpooled	3.4%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	1.9%
Other means	1.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Battle Creek	Tilden
1-unit, detached	80.0%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Battle Creek	Tilden
Poverty rate	6.3%	13.1%
Average household size	2.87	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	22	16
Median year structure built	1971	1956