Cedar Bluffs vs Mead

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar Bluffs and Mead: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cedar Bluffs has the higher population (760 vs 600 in Mead). Cedar Bluffs has the higher median household income ($82,031 vs $73,500 in Mead). Mead has the higher median home value ($151,600 vs $148,200 in Cedar Bluffs).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Bluffs	Mead
Population	760	600
Median age	40.2 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$82,031	$73,500
Median home value	$148,200	$151,600
Median gross rent	$1,089	$1,077
Housing units	325	265
Homeownership rate	85.1%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Bluffs	Mead
Population	631 → 760 (+20.4%)	608 → 600 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$55,972 → $82,031 (+46.6%)	$59,911 → $73,500 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$93,300 → $148,200 (+58.8%)	$133,700 → $151,600 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$903 → $1,089 (+20.6%)	$744 → $1,077 (+44.8%)

Cedar Bluffs

Population

631760

Median household income

$55,972$82,031

Median home value

$93,300$148,200

Median gross rent

$903$1,089

Mead

Population

608600

Median household income

$59,911$73,500

Median home value

$133,700$151,600

Median gross rent

$744$1,077

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Bluffs	Mead
Under 5	6.4%	8.5%
5 to 17	16.8%	17.5%
18 to 24	3.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	19.2%	20.8%
35 to 44	13.9%	5.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.7%
65 to 74	7.0%	10.5%
75 and over	6.2%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Bluffs	Mead
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	95.3%
Black or African American	4.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Bluffs	Mead
No high school diploma	7.0%	6.9%
High school graduate	38.1%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	53.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Bluffs	Mead
Drove alone	83.8%	92.9%
Carpooled	2.8%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	4.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Bluffs	Mead
1-unit, detached	98.8%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Bluffs	Mead
Poverty rate	15.2%	3.8%
Average household size	2.64	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	29	21
Median year structure built	1954	1961