Cornlea vs Platte Center

A side-by-side comparison of Cornlea and Platte Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Platte Center has the higher population (327 vs 40 in Cornlea). Platte Center has the higher median home value ($118,900 vs $112,500 in Cornlea). Since 2019, Cornlea's population has grown faster (+300.0% vs -14.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Cornlea	Platte Center
Population	40	327
Median age	44.7 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$74,833
Median home value	$112,500	$118,900
Median gross rent	—	$967
Housing units	15	124
Homeownership rate	93.3%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cornlea	Platte Center
Population	10 → 40 (+300.0%)	384 → 327 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$60,000 → $87,500 (+45.8%)	$54,417 → $74,833 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $112,500 (+73.1%)	$103,400 → $118,900 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$945 → $967 (+2.3%)

Cornlea

Population

1040

Median household income

$60,000$87,500

Median home value

$65,000$112,500

Platte Center

Population

384327

Median household income

$54,417$74,833

Median home value

$103,400$118,900

Median gross rent

$945$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cornlea	Platte Center
Under 5	10.0%	11.3%
5 to 17	22.5%	21.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.8%
25 to 34	12.5%	15.9%
35 to 44	7.5%	9.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	20.0%	16.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	4.9%
75 and over	27.5%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cornlea	Platte Center
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cornlea	Platte Center
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.6%
High school graduate	51.9%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cornlea	Platte Center
Drove alone	88.9%	83.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	7.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cornlea	Platte Center
1-unit, detached	93.3%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Cornlea	Platte Center
Poverty rate	10.0%	12.7%
Average household size	2.67	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1961	1944