Mitchell vs Scottsbluff

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

Mitchell 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 1,804 in Mitchell). Scottsbluff has the higher median household income ($53,448 vs $50,250 in Mitchell). Scottsbluff has the higher median home value ($141,300 vs $114,900 in Mitchell).

Population, income & housing

	Mitchell	Scottsbluff
Population	1,804	14,406
Median age	42.2 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,250	$53,448
Median home value	$114,900	$141,300
Median gross rent	$1,019	$966
Housing units	850	6,658
Homeownership rate	73.5%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mitchell	Scottsbluff
Population	1,795 → 1,804 (+0.5%)	14,737 → 14,406 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$45,265 → $50,250 (+11.0%)	$44,354 → $53,448 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$94,900 → $114,900 (+21.1%)	$116,600 → $141,300 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$816 → $1,019 (+24.9%)	$778 → $966 (+24.2%)

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

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)

	Mitchell	Scottsbluff
Under 5	5.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	20.6%	18.2%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.9%
25 to 34	10.3%	13.4%
35 to 44	9.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	17.2%	9.6%
65 to 74	7.6%	10.7%
75 and over	10.0%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mitchell	Scottsbluff
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	66.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	8.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	24.7%	29.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mitchell	Scottsbluff
No high school diploma	15.2%	11.0%
High school graduate	35.0%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mitchell	Scottsbluff
Drove alone	83.3%	80.4%
Carpooled	5.2%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.0%	5.4%
Other means	2.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mitchell	Scottsbluff
1-unit, detached	81.4%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Mitchell	Scottsbluff
Poverty rate	13.5%	17.1%
Average household size	2.35	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	20	10
Median year structure built	1951	1965