Falls City vs Humboldt

A side-by-side comparison of Falls City and Humboldt: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Falls City has the higher population (4,099 vs 780 in Humboldt). Falls City has the higher median household income ($45,750 vs $45,500 in Humboldt). Falls City has the higher median home value ($91,900 vs $68,500 in Humboldt).

Population, income & housing

	Falls City	Humboldt
Population	4,099	780
Median age	40.6 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$45,750	$45,500
Median home value	$91,900	$68,500
Median gross rent	$713	$480
Housing units	2,034	467
Homeownership rate	69.6%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falls City	Humboldt
Population	4,156 → 4,099 (-1.4%)	863 → 780 (-9.6%)
Median household income	$42,750 → $45,750 (+7.0%)	$42,969 → $45,500 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$69,800 → $91,900 (+31.7%)	$46,800 → $68,500 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$515 → $713 (+38.4%)	$429 → $480 (+11.9%)

Falls City

Population

4,1564,099

Median household income

$42,750$45,750

Median home value

$69,800$91,900

Median gross rent

$515$713

Humboldt

Population

863780

Median household income

$42,969$45,500

Median home value

$46,800$68,500

Median gross rent

$429$480

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Falls City	Humboldt
Under 5	5.0%	2.9%
5 to 17	19.5%	15.1%
18 to 24	9.2%	5.4%
25 to 34	8.2%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	7.3%
45 to 54	9.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	17.2%
65 to 74	11.6%	13.3%
75 and over	11.7%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falls City	Humboldt
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	85.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falls City	Humboldt
No high school diploma	7.7%	13.4%
High school graduate	42.0%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falls City	Humboldt
Drove alone	82.5%	75.8%
Carpooled	8.3%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	11.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falls City	Humboldt
1-unit, detached	88.9%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	2.4%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Falls City	Humboldt
Poverty rate	12.5%	15.0%
Average household size	2.16	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1951	1938