Bayard vs Broadwater

A side-by-side comparison of Bayard and Broadwater: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bayard has the higher population (1,509 vs 118 in Broadwater). Bayard has the higher median household income ($61,818 vs $56,607 in Broadwater). Bayard has the higher median home value ($107,900 vs $39,600 in Broadwater).

Population, income & housing

	Bayard	Broadwater
Population	1,509	118
Median age	38.2 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,818	$56,607
Median home value	$107,900	$39,600
Median gross rent	$553	$1,036
Housing units	628	98
Homeownership rate	86.7%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayard	Broadwater
Population	1,067 → 1,509 (+41.4%)	180 → 118 (-34.4%)
Median household income	$41,711 → $61,818 (+48.2%)	$32,361 → $56,607 (+74.9%)
Median home value	$74,700 → $107,900 (+44.4%)	$34,600 → $39,600 (+14.5%)
Median gross rent	$597 → $553 (-7.4%)	$688 → $1,036 (+50.6%)

Bayard

Population

1,0671,509

Median household income

$41,711$61,818

Median home value

$74,700$107,900

Median gross rent

$597$553

Broadwater

Population

180118

Median household income

$32,361$56,607

Median home value

$34,600$39,600

Median gross rent

$688$1,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayard	Broadwater
Under 5	7.6%	2.5%
5 to 17	17.4%	7.6%
18 to 24	12.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.0%	25.4%
35 to 44	15.2%	5.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	9.6%	24.6%
65 to 74	6.9%	9.3%
75 and over	8.5%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayard	Broadwater
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	70.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	21.4%	29.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayard	Broadwater
No high school diploma	9.3%	23.6%
High school graduate	32.2%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayard	Broadwater
Drove alone	84.7%	81.6%
Carpooled	5.1%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayard	Broadwater
1-unit, detached	88.9%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	20.4%

Poverty & households

	Bayard	Broadwater
Poverty rate	10.5%	13.6%
Average household size	2.69	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1951	1938