Gering vs Scottsbluff

A side-by-side comparison of Gering and Scottsbluff: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Scottsbluff has the higher population (14,406 vs 8,567 in Gering). Gering has the higher median household income ($70,244 vs $53,448 in Scottsbluff). Gering has the higher median home value ($170,700 vs $141,300 in Scottsbluff).

Population, income & housing

	Gering	Scottsbluff
Population	8,567	14,406
Median age	37.4 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,244	$53,448
Median home value	$170,700	$141,300
Median gross rent	$818	$966
Housing units	3,586	6,658
Homeownership rate	73.5%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gering	Scottsbluff
Population	8,254 → 8,567 (+3.8%)	14,737 → 14,406 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$56,907 → $70,244 (+23.4%)	$44,354 → $53,448 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$138,200 → $170,700 (+23.5%)	$116,600 → $141,300 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $818 (-1.8%)	$778 → $966 (+24.2%)

Gering

Population

8,2548,567

Median household income

$56,907$70,244

Median home value

$138,200$170,700

Median gross rent

$833$818

Scottsbluff

Population

14,73714,406

Median household income

$44,354$53,448

Median home value

$116,600$141,300

Median gross rent

$778$966

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gering	Scottsbluff
Under 5	7.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	18.6%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.2%	9.9%
25 to 34	15.2%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	10.7%	9.6%
65 to 74	13.3%	10.7%
75 and over	7.7%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gering	Scottsbluff
White (non-Hispanic)	69.3%	66.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	1.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	25.0%	29.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gering	Scottsbluff
No high school diploma	9.2%	11.0%
High school graduate	28.0%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gering	Scottsbluff
Drove alone	83.8%	80.4%
Carpooled	10.5%	10.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.2%	5.4%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gering	Scottsbluff
1-unit, detached	76.0%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	6.5%
20 or more units	4.4%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Gering	Scottsbluff
Poverty rate	12.8%	17.1%
Average household size	2.41	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	13	10
Median year structure built	1973	1965