Colon vs Morse Bluff

A side-by-side comparison of Colon and Morse Bluff: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Colon has the higher population (134 vs 83 in Morse Bluff). Morse Bluff has the higher median household income ($70,625 vs $60,625 in Colon). Colon has the higher median home value ($142,700 vs $110,400 in Morse Bluff).

Population, income & housing

	Colon	Morse Bluff
Population	134	83
Median age	41.2 yrs	58.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$70,625
Median home value	$142,700	$110,400
Median gross rent	$625	—
Housing units	53	48
Homeownership rate	88.7%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colon	Morse Bluff
Population	129 → 134 (+3.9%)	128 → 83 (-35.2%)
Median household income	$78,750 → $60,625 (-23.0%)	$63,125 → $70,625 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$106,900 → $142,700 (+33.5%)	$88,800 → $110,400 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $625 (-26.5%)	—

Colon

Population

129134

Median household income

$78,750$60,625

Median home value

$106,900$142,700

Median gross rent

$850$625

Morse Bluff

Population

12883

Median household income

$63,125$70,625

Median home value

$88,800$110,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colon	Morse Bluff
Under 5	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.7%	12.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.6%
25 to 34	9.0%	2.4%
35 to 44	16.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	3.0%	9.6%
55 to 64	11.9%	25.3%
65 to 74	14.9%	19.3%
75 and over	9.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colon	Morse Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colon	Morse Bluff
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.1%
High school graduate	49.4%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colon	Morse Bluff
Drove alone	87.1%	80.4%
Carpooled	1.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	10.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colon	Morse Bluff
1-unit, detached	100.0%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Colon	Morse Bluff
Poverty rate	10.9%	6.0%
Average household size	2.53	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	35	34
Median year structure built	1938	1938