Humboldt vs Stella

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

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

Humboldt has the higher population (780 vs 138 in Stella). Stella has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $45,500 in Humboldt). Stella has the higher median home value ($80,000 vs $68,500 in Humboldt).

Population, income & housing

	Humboldt	Stella
Population	780	138
Median age	50.6 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,500	$53,750
Median home value	$68,500	$80,000
Median gross rent	$480	—
Housing units	467	64
Homeownership rate	62.8%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	16.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Humboldt	Stella
Population	863 → 780 (-9.6%)	230 → 138 (-40.0%)
Median household income	$42,969 → $45,500 (+5.9%)	$41,458 → $53,750 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$46,800 → $68,500 (+46.4%)	$61,200 → $80,000 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$429 → $480 (+11.9%)	—

Humboldt

Population

863780

Median household income

$42,969$45,500

Median home value

$46,800$68,500

Median gross rent

$429$480

Stella

Population

230138

Median household income

$41,458$53,750

Median home value

$61,200$80,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Humboldt	Stella
Under 5	2.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	15.1%	10.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	3.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	16.7%
35 to 44	7.3%	3.6%
45 to 54	11.9%	18.1%
55 to 64	17.2%	16.7%
65 to 74	13.3%	13.0%
75 and over	15.0%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Humboldt	Stella
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	16.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Humboldt	Stella
No high school diploma	13.4%	1.8%
High school graduate	43.0%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Humboldt	Stella
Drove alone	75.8%	81.0%
Carpooled	5.0%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	11.1%
Other means	4.1%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Humboldt	Stella
1-unit, detached	87.2%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Humboldt	Stella
Poverty rate	15.0%	8.7%
Average household size	2.01	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1938	1938