Lyman vs Mitchell

A side-by-side comparison of Lyman and Mitchell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mitchell has the higher population (1,804 vs 366 in Lyman). Lyman has the higher median household income ($52,621 vs $50,250 in Mitchell). Mitchell has the higher median home value ($114,900 vs $59,100 in Lyman).

Population, income & housing

	Lyman	Mitchell
Population	366	1,804
Median age	54.4 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,621	$50,250
Median home value	$59,100	$114,900
Median gross rent	$792	$1,019
Housing units	231	850
Homeownership rate	69.9%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.0%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyman	Mitchell
Population	379 → 366 (-3.4%)	1,795 → 1,804 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$49,167 → $52,621 (+7.0%)	$45,265 → $50,250 (+11.0%)
Median home value	$40,700 → $59,100 (+45.2%)	$94,900 → $114,900 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $792 (+20.0%)	$816 → $1,019 (+24.9%)

Lyman

Population

379366

Median household income

$49,167$52,621

Median home value

$40,700$59,100

Median gross rent

$660$792

Mitchell

Population

1,7951,804

Median household income

$45,265$50,250

Median home value

$94,900$114,900

Median gross rent

$816$1,019

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyman	Mitchell
Under 5	0.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	10.7%	20.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	9.4%
45 to 54	16.4%	11.0%
55 to 64	8.7%	17.2%
65 to 74	18.0%	7.6%
75 and over	18.0%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyman	Mitchell
White (non-Hispanic)	45.6%	65.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	53.3%	24.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyman	Mitchell
No high school diploma	25.9%	15.2%
High school graduate	48.2%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.3%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyman	Mitchell
Drove alone	63.8%	83.3%
Carpooled	8.6%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	19.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	7.0%
Other means	3.4%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyman	Mitchell
1-unit, detached	78.4%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	14.7%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Lyman	Mitchell
Poverty rate	21.0%	13.5%
Average household size	1.75	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	13	20
Median year structure built	1946	1951