Falls City vs Rulo

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

Falls City and Rulo 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 142 in Rulo). Rulo has the higher median household income ($59,125 vs $45,750 in Falls City). Falls City has the higher median home value ($91,900 vs $72,700 in Rulo).

Population, income & housing

	Falls City	Rulo
Population	4,099	142
Median age	40.6 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,750	$59,125
Median home value	$91,900	$72,700
Median gross rent	$713	—
Housing units	2,034	129
Homeownership rate	69.6%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falls City	Rulo
Population	4,156 → 4,099 (-1.4%)	120 → 142 (+18.3%)
Median household income	$42,750 → $45,750 (+7.0%)	$48,594 → $59,125 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$69,800 → $91,900 (+31.7%)	$49,000 → $72,700 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$515 → $713 (+38.4%)	—

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

Rulo

Population

120142

Median household income

$48,594$59,125

Median home value

$49,000$72,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Falls City	Rulo
Under 5	5.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	19.5%	14.1%
18 to 24	9.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.2%	2.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	2.8%
45 to 54	9.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.9%	33.8%
65 to 74	11.6%	17.6%
75 and over	11.7%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falls City	Rulo
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	69.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	19.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	11.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falls City	Rulo
No high school diploma	7.7%	24.3%
High school graduate	42.0%	59.1%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	7.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falls City	Rulo
Drove alone	82.5%	51.5%
Carpooled	8.3%	21.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	12.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	15.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falls City	Rulo
1-unit, detached	88.9%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Falls City	Rulo
Poverty rate	12.5%	11.3%
Average household size	2.16	1.60
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1951	1974