Polk vs Stromsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Polk and Stromsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Stromsburg has the higher population (1,007 vs 331 in Polk). Stromsburg has the higher median household income ($61,182 vs $53,182 in Polk). Stromsburg has the higher median home value ($159,100 vs $80,300 in Polk).

Population, income & housing

	Polk	Stromsburg
Population	331	1,007
Median age	43.2 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,182	$61,182
Median home value	$80,300	$159,100
Median gross rent	—	$831
Housing units	167	476
Homeownership rate	87.0%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Polk	Stromsburg
Population	309 → 331 (+7.1%)	1,082 → 1,007 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$36,944 → $53,182 (+44.0%)	$61,635 → $61,182 (-0.7%)
Median home value	$53,500 → $80,300 (+50.1%)	$87,300 → $159,100 (+82.2%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $567 (-23.2%)	$588 → $831 (+41.3%)

Polk

Population

309331

Median household income

$36,944$53,182

Median home value

$53,500$80,300

Median gross rent

$738$567

Stromsburg

Population

1,0821,007

Median household income

$61,635$61,182

Median home value

$87,300$159,100

Median gross rent

$588$831

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Polk	Stromsburg
Under 5	2.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	20.2%	19.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	8.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	12.7%	9.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.8%	9.1%
65 to 74	13.6%	9.7%
75 and over	10.0%	16.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Polk	Stromsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Polk	Stromsburg
No high school diploma	3.0%	9.6%
High school graduate	38.7%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	46.5%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Polk	Stromsburg
Drove alone	73.9%	83.1%
Carpooled	14.7%	3.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	12.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Polk	Stromsburg
1-unit, detached	89.8%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Polk	Stromsburg
Poverty rate	11.5%	9.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1938	1952